Sony shows off research on next-gen finger-tracked VR controllers

Past patents have suggested that Sony is working on finger-tracking for a new VR motion controller, possibly the PlayStation Move 2, to be paired with an unannounced PSVR 2 headset. Now a new video from Sony researchers gives us a much more solid look at that work.

The video accompanies a new research paper titled “Evaluation of Machine Learning Techniques for Hand Pose Estimation on Handheld Device with Proximity Sensor.” Crucially, the work is authored by Kazuyuki Arimatsu and Hideki Mori from Sony Interactive Entertainment. That’s the division of Sony specifically responsible for the PlayStation brand, and not the wider corp, so this could well be the basis for Sony next-gen PlayStation Move 2 VR controllers.