Patent ID: 8602894

Claim:
A controller for interfacing with a computer program executed on a computing system that processes image data captured of an interfacing space that is defined in front of a display, the controller comprising: a controller body having at least one button for triggering communication input data wirelessly to and from the computing system, the controller body configured to be held by a hand of a user; a spherical object connected to one end of the controller body, the spherical object defined from a translucent material; and illumination device for illuminating the spherical object from within the spherical object, the illumination device configured to light up the translucent material in one or more colors, a resulting one of the one or more colors being set using data received from the computer program executing on the computing system; wherein the controller body includes wireless communication circuitry; wherein the illumination device is defined from a light emitting diode (LED) device; wherein the LED device is activated depending on data received from the computing system during execution of the computer program.