Upcoming PS5 Pro likely to feature AI image upscaling

PlayStation 5 Pro is one of the hot topics of this year as fans eagerly await the new, even more powerful console from Sony. While the release is expected sometime in Q3, 2024, the recent Marvel’s Wolverine leak did turn up some interesting rumours.

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Last year, Insomniac Games faced an illegal ransomware attack in which information regarding their upcoming Wolverine game was leaked. Several files were released, with one featuring information regarding new tech used in the game. These included -

Ziva: Film quality facial animation, muscle and cloth simulation

Destruction 2.0: Hierarchical Destruction (Functional)

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Healing factor: Real-time damage and regeneration

Real-time global illumination (Functional)

Dynamic weather and foliage (Functional)

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Photogrammetry pipeline

AI upscaling (Machine learning)

Fluid dynamics (TBD) will be investigated

Deformable surfaces: snow and mud

Motion Matching: Improved locomotion

This further helped to solidify the suspicion of the company planning to use tech similar to Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR3 inside upcoming PS models. It is one of the better uses of AI in the gaming industry.

What is AI upscaling?

AI upscaling is a method of using a lower-resolution image and building a higher-quality image using artificial intelligence. Furthermore, it also helps make images sharper and clearer. Nvidia was the first to announce this tech in their RTX series graphics card. AMD while new in this also released FSR 3 which uses similar tech (but different).

Along with better image quality, these teach are also used in frame generation, where the AI creates an artificial frame in between two frames that increases the number of frames.

PC games have received a huge boost from this tech as they helped reduce industry hardware limitations for modern games. Now the tech will be available in PS consoles which can further help in providing a better gaming experience.

However, details regarding the specifications and capability of the PlayStation 5 Pro will only surface after the official announcement by Sony.