Patent ID: 6422942
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
A self-contained electronic unit comprising:a physically manipulable housing constructed to be moved in its entirety, during use by a user; a feedback device incorporated into the housing, configured to communicate, to the user, changes in distance between a virtual game piece and other virtual objects within a virtual environment, the virtual environment being a virtual game board; and processing electronics, incorporated into the housing, the processing electronics being configured to generate the virtual environment, to respond to movement of the housing in its entirety, without regard to relative movement of the housing with respect to any stationary attached hardware, by causing changes in distance between the virtual game piece and other virtual objects within the virtual environment, and to cause the feedback device to provide feedback to the user through the feedback device, representing changes in distance between the virtual game piece and other virtual objects within the virtual environment.