Is this the future of transparent tech? The designer at ‘An Improbable Future’ definitely thinks so. With its almost organic-yet-cyberpunk aesthetic, this ‘goo’ controller feels weirdly alien yet equally inviting. There’s no way your hands can resist wanting to grab the controller’s handles and just experiment a bit with gameplay.

Before you get your hopes up, An Improbable Future’s creation is an AI-driven one. The designer works on alternate-reality products (most with Sony’s branding) visualized using AI image and video generation tools. Their catalog includes everything from the standard tape recorder and camera, to even odd products like cars. And Sony’s worked on all of them either way…

Designer: An Improbable Future

This controller’s silhouette may be simple, but the design and materials make it stand out. It feels like a controller within an alien-like skin. The outer ‘goo’ is translucent, revealing the electronics within. The handles are completely see-through, with this cloudy, frosted finish. the action buttons exist beneath the ‘skin’, creating a rather odd yet somewhat appealing sensation while playing. Like the controller is a living thing.

This feels in a way like the future of the tech movement created by companies like Nothing. While Nothing pushed for products to ditch opaque exteriors for transparent ones, this controller takes a step further by ditching the transparent plastic/glass for something that feels less ‘inorganic’. The controller has organic curves, and even an organic-ish material that somewhat resembles something collagen or cellulose-inspired, for lack of a better term. It might put some people off, I’m not one of those people.

The rest of the controller’s fairly normal. Standard joypads on the left and right, under-shell lighting that shines through, and I can’t really tell what that dark/navy blue element between the handles is, but my guess is either some transmitter, battery pack, or plug-and-play speaker. An Improbable Future doesn’t ‘explain’ their work… and AI famously doesn’t justify its design choices either.

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