During its CES presentation in 2023, Sony revealed its prototype for an electronic car. Now, during the company's recent appearance at CES 2024, new information has been given about this product, known as AFEELA, which is being developed together with Honda and, To the surprise of many, it can be managed using a DualSense of the PlayStation 5.
The demonstration of this model caused a great sensation in Las Vegas, since instead of presenting the AFEELA in a traditional way, Its introduction was accompanied by the revelation that the car can be driven using a DulaSense, something that we can see in the following video.
They controlled Sony's and Honda's Afeela Car with a Dualsense Controller.
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However, it is very likely that this is just a feature that was created for this demonstration, which makes clear the integration between Sony products. In this way, it will be better Don't expect to drive down the road like you're playing Gran Turismo.since approving this function would be impossible.
Speaking of Gran Turismo, it was revealed that The AFEELA will reach the most recent installment of this installment in a free update that will be available this yearso everyone interested will be able to enjoy this car, even if they can't do it in real life.
Along with this demonstration, it was announced that AFFELA will have functions enhanced by Microsoft artificial intelligence, Azure AI, which in turn uses OpenAI models such as GPT-4 and ChatGPT. Likewise, Sony revealed that the car will have what it calls a “personalized conversational agent”, that is, a virtual assistant that, among other things, will offer help when driving.
This does not end here, since Sony and Honda are also collaborating with Epic Games to bring multimedia experiences to this vehicle. In this way, it has been mentioned that AFEELA will have Unreal Engine 5.3 that will allow games like Fortnite. At the moment there is no specific release date, but AFEELA is expected to be available sometime in 2026. In related topics, the number of PlayStation users is revealed. Likewise, a remake of Patapon is already on the way.
Editor's Note:
Although it is likely that the implementation of DualSense is something that will not reach the final model, it would have been very interesting to go out on the road, and instead of a steering wheel, you were behind a control. It would take this idea of simulation to a level never seen before.
Via: sony
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