One of the features of the new PS5 DualSense controller that doesn?t quite have people talking yet?despite that being its very purpose?is the microphone array built right into the controller. Sony?s reveal glossed over this point, simply saying that it would allow users to talk without a headset, but the DualSense mic array actually carries a lot of capabilities, if a patent published earlier this week is to be believed.
SegementNext discovered the patent, filed back in February but published on Monday. It details the array of microphones, which features at least three mics built into the controller. These mics work together to cancel noises from the environment and isolate audio from the user specifically. Multiple microphones work in the same way that a human?s ears do to identify positioning of sound using the timing of the vibrations reaching the ear. With Sony?s intense focus on the audio experience on the PS5 itself, it makes sense that some of that R&D would also translate into the mic array built into the controller.
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