Patent ID: 8072422

Claim:
A networked haptic feedback gaming system comprising: a first computer having a network interface for communicating with a second computer over a network, the first computer configured to: generate a first image in a first gaming environment on the visual display, the first image based on second information received from a second computer, the second information comprising second force information, transmit the first image to a first display; generate a first force feedback signal based at least in part on the second force information received from the second computer; transmit the first force feedback signal to a first actuator configured to output a first force effect based on the first force feedback signal, generate first information, the first information comprising first force information, transmit the first information to the second computer; and wherein the second computer is configured to: generate a second image in a second gaming environment on the visual display, the second image based on the first information received from the first computer, transmit the second image to a second display; generate a second force feedback signal based at least in part on the first force information received from the first computer; and transmit the second force feedback signal to a second actuator configured to output a second force effect based on the second force feedback signal.