Shmunter
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I have 5 google homes around the house, and Apple phones out the fanny. privacy be damned!Indeed,
I have 5 google homes around the house, and Apple phones out the fanny. privacy be damned!Indeed,
What’s the reference to?Remembering 2013 threads and now reading this thread is something else...
Nothing ? Why would I fear mic? U r typing from ur phone which is 24 hour listening to you and picks up words u say to show u ads based on that . We are wayyyyy pass that point unfortunately. I can't disable my phone mic but I can disable dualsense mic .What do you fear?
Not if Is powerful like during plays or making movies the mics are pretty distantMic too far from face.
Nintendo tried this with wiispeak. It was shit.
I think it’s a worthless add-on that will not replace superior headset methods.
I have 5 google homes around the house, and Apple phones out the fanny. privacy be damned!
Hehe, why the secrets bro? What have you to hide?We have nothing but 2 Motorola phones, they'll be no snooping in the Milky household.
What’s the reference to?
Dualsense has active noise canceling and anything with noise canceling has been a premium product haha just sayingI can see Sony fanboys saying that the PS5 has the best microphone ever, even thou could work just as good as a fine cheap microphone
Hehe, why the secrets bro? What have you to hide?
Solo?The sounds of coitus...
A lot of people (myself included) have not been so forthcoming with using a microphone in gaming previously because it was always an extra accessory and with headphones made you less accessible to the real world. Having a built-in mic that doesn’t require a headset changes all this and more.
OS
Voice commands are nothing new, they’re often painful due to having to shout from across the room and the device not registering what you state correctly due to distance however now having the microphone at your fingertips could drastically change that experience.
Click reduction:
Voice commands have often been under utilised and often replace one or two click steps such as starting a game, the real benefits would be if it could reduce 5 ot more clicks such as being instantly transported to a specific games preorder page or just simply asking to see what’s on sale.
Phone Calls:
Standardising this feature means more apps can release such a simple call mechanic to speak privately with friends and family.
Games
Another area that has been overlooked is how games can make use of this new feature now that it will become standard. Horror games no longer have to be so lonely as you could communicate via walkie talkies to one or more others as they are being hunted allowing for new types of gameplay to unfold.
Socom:
Socom or another such tactical game could make real good use of the microphone allowing commands directly to the AI such as flanking or covering your movements.
SingStar:
Games such as SingStar or Rockband would become more accessible than ever by no longer requiring a microphone accessory or even a mobile phone to play.
Home 2.0:
This needs a comeback, not only would VR bring a second life to this but so would everyone being voice accessible.
What can you think of that the microphone could be used for to enhance your experience?
Keep your dogshit quality controller mic with echo and TV audio out of my ears.
If you're going to use voice chat in an online game wear a fucking headset. If you're not going to wear a headset do us all a favor and don't use voice chat.
Do you hold the controller about an inch from your mouth when playing or is it in your lap?Do you always use a headset when talking on phones or do you speak freely into the mouthpiece?
Do you hold the controller about an inch from your mouth when playing or is it in your lap?
Is the audio coming out of a small speaker directly into your ear or out of your TV / speaker setup?
There's a special hell just for people who put people on loudspeaker unnecessarily. As anyone who has ever been a victim of this heinous crime will tell you...it sounds like shit.I use speaker mode a lot when I’m working at home, in the car as well with hands free. The tech works just fine.
There's a special hell just for people who put people on loudspeaker unnecessarily. As anyone who has ever been a victim of this heinous crime will tell you...it sounds like shit.
Don't be inconsiderate. Use a headset.
That's bullshit and you know it.The tech has evolved greatly. You often can’t even tell when someones on hands free until you hear someone else talking to you that you didn’t know was there.
That's bullshit and you know it.
Earlier this year. Sounded like shit, caught the switchover immediately. As the mic moves away from an audio source, it sounds worse. This is just a fact I'm afraid. Audio vibrations are "analogue" like that. Nothing you can do with the tech can fix this.No it isn’t. How many years ago did you last try it?
Hmmm, ok, not sure if you're trolling me here, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you just didn't click on the links. In the second link, to the PlayStation website, it describes the components of the "Mono Chat Earbud" follows: A - Earpiece, B - Microphone, C - MIC Switch, and D - Clip. Item B there is the relevant one - the built in Microphone. As the Mono Chat Earbud was bundled with all PlayStation 4's, and the Mono Chat Earbud included a built-in Microphone, all PlayStation 4's came bundled with a Microphone. I'll address item two in response to the below:1. That’s an earpiece not a microphone.
2. The tech is commonplace today, Sony have implemented it in their phones.
Re-reading my posts, I didn't make my point very clear, so I apologise for the confusion. In direct response: you're absolutely correct - voice control technology is indeed in Alexa and Google Home enabled devices right now. That actually wasn't my point, so again, apologies. We're posting in a thread about the microphone being a "big deal". As I pointed about above, the PS4 already came with a microphone, and it didn't result in... anything, and certainly nothing resembling a "big deal".Its in eveey cell phone and also theres alexa and google speakers in millions of homes... The tech is clearly not that expensive anymore.
That's bullshit and you know it.
A mic/small speaker on the controller is a huge convenience and is a feature I think is pretty cool.
That being said, I'm definitely eager to hear more official news direct from Sony. I'm skeptical that even Sony recommends a headset for longer sessions, etc.
I don't know if Sony games have voice functions...
Hmmm, ok, not sure if you're trolling me here, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and presume you just didn't click on the links. In the second link, to the PlayStation website, it describes the components of the "Mono Chat Earbud" follows: A - Earpiece, B - Microphone, C - MIC Switch, and D - Clip. Item B there is the relevant one - the built in Microphone. As the Mono Chat Earbud was bundled with all PlayStation 4's, and the Mono Chat Earbud included a built-in Microphone, all PlayStation 4's came bundled with a Microphone. I'll address item two in response to the below:
Re-reading my posts, I didn't make my point very clear, so I apologise for the confusion. In direct response: you're absolutely correct - voice control technology is indeed in Alexa and Google Home enabled devices right now. That actually wasn't my point, so again, apologies. We're posting in a thread about the microphone being a "big deal". As I pointed about above, the PS4 already came with a microphone, and it didn't result in... anything, and certainly nothing resembling a "big deal".
Now, the technology behind Alexa and Google Home is software based, using fairly low quality microphones to just generate raw audio input. This is why the technology has a number of issues. This includes most "digital assistants" in mobile devices. It... kinda works, but not well enough for anyone to really care, or just it for more than setting unimportant reminders or reading text messages back to you.
So, if PS5's voice control implementation is just raw audio input from a cheap microphone, then it's really exactly the same as the PS4's current implementation in use today - and there's no reason to think it will be a "big deal" just because "the PS5". However, if the hardware in the controller is actually designed to mitigate a lot of the issues, resulting in cleaner, better user audio input for the PlayStation 5, which could result in much better audio commands... then the cost of that hardware will be expensive, because that kind of hardware isn't cheap. With all things considered, I don't think this is the case - I think Sony went with a couple of cheap microphones to create a basic array. This is why I don't think we'll see it amount to a "big deal": the PlayStation 4 can already do voice commands of this nature, developers can already design games knowing everyone has a microphone - and what happened? No one used it, no one developed for it, and no one cared.
it literally has a button on it that says MUTE I believeAs long as you can mute it I'm good.
Do you have a mute button? jkit literally has a button on it that says MUTE I believe
one thing I do hope it includes is the ability to block out the whine of the system fans as you can always tell when their is a ps4 player in a modern warfare lobby
I'd MUCH prefer using a headset than the mic built on the DuelSense.... Besides, the mic is aimed at your crotch the majority of the time.