Patent ID: 8523674
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of two or more players cooperatively playing a video game, the method comprising: displaying a single game object of the video game on a video display; providing a single spherical controller in communication with a video game console, the controller housing a microprocessor and a T-bar device in communication with the microprocessor, the T-bar device configured to sense movement and orientation of the controller in an X axis and a Y axis; and enabling two or more players to push the controller on a surface in order to cooperatively move the controller along the surface, whereby one player responds to the kinesthetic feedback of at least one other player such that joint movement of the controller by the players causes: (i) the T-bar device to send a first communication to the microprocessor based on the movement and orientation of the controller, (ii) the microprocessor to send a second communication to the video game console in response to receiving the first communication from the T-bar device, and (iii) the video game console to move the game object displayed on the video display in correlation with the joint movement of the controller by the players in response to receiving the second communication from the microprocessor.