Sony more often presents patents or new features for the PS5. A new patent is said to offer you better graphics and performance in the future. MeinMMO explains what it is about.
Sony regularly presents patents that aim to provide new features for the PS5, PS4, or other devices. Some of them sound crazy, while others are supposed to deliver tangible benefits for you as gamers. One of them, the feature that aims to improve colors and brightness on the PS5, has already made its way to the PS5 as Auto HDR Tone Mapping.
What kind of update is this? Sony has likely recently filed a new patent that could bring new graphic functions to the PS5. This could provide you with significantly better performance in the future.
The latest patent from Sony was presented by the Twitter user “Gaming Updates and Countdowns I”. The patent itself was registered by Mark Cerny. Cerny is the chief architect of the PS5.
New patent promises significantly better performance?
What kind of patent is this? The patent describes that Sony wants to use “accelerated ray tracing”. This could not only make the games significantly more beautiful, but could also provide a decent performance boost.
Why should this lead to better performance? Ray tracing is a graphic feature that makes your games more visually appealing. The lighting looks better, and the shadows appear more realistic. However, the problem with ray tracing is that the process requires a lot of power. In the worst case, you even have to lower the resolution to play smoothly.
However, ray tracing will become increasingly important as more and more games support the new technology. Some games like Justice: Online already look really good thanks to ray tracing.
What is the patent supposed to improve? Sony explains in its patent a way to improve ray tracing so that the feature requires significantly less power. In the future, you could use ray tracing without losing performance.
Not all patents make it to the PS5
Some patents, such as an AI that talks to you on the PS5, or the PS5 controller that can understand your feelings, have not yet made it to the PS5.
Other patents are more likely to cause unrest in the community than excitement. Sony presented a patent that would allow viewers to decide which users would be banned from games in the future. However, many users do not like this idea, as such a feature could turn multiplayer into a paradise for trolls:
A new patent from Sony would turn PS4 and PS5 into a paradise for trolls
