Patent ID: 8884870
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a computer configured to run a software program designed to display a graphical simulation on a display, the software program configured to allow a user to generate visual art in the graphical simulation; and a user graspable controller configured to be freely moveable in a three dimensional space, the user graspable controller comprising a sensor configured to track positional values of the user graspable controller in the three dimensional space and transmit a sensor signal representative of the positional values to the computer, and an actuator configured to output a haptic effect to the user upon receiving a control signal from a processor coupled to the user graspable controller, the user graspable controller being representative of a writing and painting instrument configured to generate the visual art, and the haptic effect being associated with use of the writing and painting instrument when the visual art is generated.