Sony is engaged on a customizable accessibility controller package for the PlayStation 5 codenamed Mission Leonardo.
The Japanese firm lifted the lid on the round gamepad at CES 2023 and mentioned Mission Leonardo is designed to assist gamers with disabilities play video games “extra simply, extra comfortably, and for longer durations.”
Mission Leonardo is described by Sony as a “extremely configurable controller” that opens up new methods of play by permitting homeowners to swap out elements together with a wide range of analog stick caps and buttons that come in several sizes and styles.
“Gamers can use these elements to craft a big selection of management layouts. And the gap of the analog stick from the sport pad could be adjusted to swimsuit the participant’s choice. These elements enable gamers to discover a configuration that works for his or her power, vary of movement, and explicit bodily wants,” reads a post on the PlayStation blog.
Mission Leonardo customers may even be capable to tailor their play expertise by tinkering with software program customizations to create distinctive management profiles that leverage player-specific button mapping.
The pad is even able to working in tandem with different units reminiscent of further Mission Leonardo or DualSense wi-fi controllers, letting customers mix-and-match {hardware} to swimsuit their explicit wants and even play collaboratively with others.
“Gamers can increase their DualSense controller with a Mission Leonardo controller or use two Mission Leonardo controllers on their very own. A pal or member of the family may help by serving to to regulate the participant’s recreation character with a DualSense controller or a second Mission Leonardo controller. The controllers could be dynamically turned on or off and utilized in any mixture,” continued Sony.
“Mission Leonardo is expandable by way of 4 3.5mm AUX ports to assist a wide range of exterior switches and third-party accessibility equipment. This permits customers to combine specialty switches, buttons or analog sticks with the Mission Leonardo controller. The exterior equipment could be dynamically linked or disconnected, and every could be configured to behave like another button.”
Sony mentioned Mission Leonardo’s “versatile, adaptive design” is the product of conversations with accessibility specialists, group members, and recreation builders, and famous that as a result of the controller would not must be held, gamers will be capable to lay it on a tabletop or wheelchair tray, and even safe it to AMPS mounts or tripods.
There’s at the moment no phrase on when Mission Leonardo will probably be accessible for buy, with Sony reiterating that the codenamed machine continues to be in growth.
