Patent ID: 8469824

Claim:
A hand held device for an infrared shooting game having one or more participants comprising: a shaped housing; a first directional infrared transmitter disposed within the housing for transmitting directional IR data using a narrow light beam; a first omni-directional field of view receiver disposed within the housing to receive IR data; a first electronic controller disposed within the housing; and a first apparatus removably coupled to the housing, the first apparatus comprising; a display; a second electronic controller, the first electronic controller being in communications with the second electronic controller; a virtual shot that appears on the display superimposed over the real-time image of the field of view in response to a first communication from the first electronic controller to the second electronic controller; a hit animation that appears on the display superimposed over the real-time image of the field of view in response to a second communication from the first electronic controller to the second electronic controller; and a heads up display that appears on the display superimposed over the real-time image of the field of view in response to a third communication from the first electronic controller to the second electronic controller, the heads up display showing game-related data.