A Sony patent opens the door to being able to intervene and modify personal messages.
One of the great challenges of the future of online entertainment systems and other social networks is to deal with toxic users, something that is already beginning to be a problem in certain areas of the network and can end up conditioning the entire community of Internet users. one way or another. The goal of PlayStation goes through turn those toxic players into happy peopleor at least try to make them sound happy.
Sony has patented a system capable of analyze language and tone of voice from voice chat conversations on PS5 to fighting back against toxic gamers who insult and harass through online gaming. This system would be able to alter the original message so that it does not sound so angry or aggressive, although it may sound unethical to intervene in private conversations and alter messages.
Goodbye Toxic Players
As we have learned through the Gamesual portal, this patent will allow players to select their own “user emotion profiles” and, in a way that is not overly specified, the PS5 system would adapt the voice messages received according to the selected profile. That is, if the player in question does not want to hear any negative voice messages, the system would take care of moderate received communications so that this would not happen.
The information available so far is too vague to know. How does Sony intend to modify those messages? of voice that clash against the rules of the emotion profile of another user, but from what is given to understand, the system would modify those messages instead of just block them, that would be the easy way. We will see if this patent finally has a real use, but the idea of alter personal messages or censor them it looks like a swampy subject that can bring tail.
Finally, this patent also talks about some kind of punishment system for those repeat offenders in appropriate behavior, something we have already seen in other Sony patents. The patent suggests the withdrawal of some privileges of these uncivil players, although it does not specify too much. It could be, for example, blocking their communications for a while, although at the moment nothing is confirmed and it is not even known if this patent will ever be applied. Perhaps in view of the launch of the supposed PS5 Pro?