Sony has registered a patent which describes the possibility of including temperature-controlled haptic feedback in a PlayStation controller.
The feature, which could emulate the sense of either hot or cold to the user, is part of several discussed in a patent for a controller made – at least in part – of a more gel-like material than the current plastic.
Sony’s describes an “elastically deformable material” which is able to better aid in haptic feedback, and which can detect when said “elastic member” is touched, pressed, twisted, pinched, squashed, rubbed, or even “in the action of bringing a hand close to the elastic member”.
