Patent ID: 8469806

Claim:
A system configured to provide haptic stimulation to a user, the system comprising: a user interface configured to generate output signals related to the gestures of a user; a haptic device configured to generate haptic stimulation to the user; and one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a gesture module configured to monitor performance of a control gesture by the user based on the output signals of the user interface, wherein the control gesture is a gesture associated with a command input to the system, and includes an initial portion, a first intermediate portion, and an ending portion; a stimulation module configured to receive information related to performance of the control gesture from the gesture module, and to determine haptic stimulation to be generated for the user associated with the control gesture, wherein the haptic stimulation includes a first stimulation determined responsive to performance of the initial portion of the control gesture, and a second stimulation that is different from the first stimulation and is determined responsive to performance of the first intermediate portion of the control gesture; and a control module configured to control the haptic device to generate the stimulation determined by the stimulation module.