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\nSony has shared a video detailing the company’s future plans for the next decade, including a look ahead at one possible concept for a futuristic PlayStation controller. <\/p>\n

“How far will imagination carry us?” the video asks, showing an artist’s animated character coming to life before our eyes. <\/p>\n

\nBut the controller is the video’s most eye-grabbing detail, as we see it being used to pilot a character through space. The pad features a holographic screen hovering above the controller itself, and would easily look home on the Starship Enterprise. (Although many online have made unfavourable comparisons to the infamous PS3 boomerang concept<\/a>.) You can check it out for yourself in the video below.\n<\/p>\n

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Sony has shared a video detailing the company’s future plans for the next decade, including a look ahead at one possible concept for a futuristic PlayStation controller. “How far will imagination carry us?” the video asks, showing an artist’s animated character coming to life before our eyes. But the controller is the video’s most eye-grabbing detail, as we see it being used to pilot a character through space. The pad features a holographic screen hovering above the controller itself, and would easily look home on the Starship Enterprise. (Although many online have made unfavourable comparisons to the infamous PS3 boomerang concept.) You can check it out for yourself in the video below. 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