Patent ID: 8070571

Claim:
A control device for operation by a user for controlling a display of a computer system for use with a video game, comprising: a coordinate control unit adapted to be handled by the user in order to generate input information related to a vertical and a horizontal tilt of the control device; a game play control unit adapted to be handled by the user in order to generate game play input information; and a controller adapted to process said input information from the coordinate control unit to provide point of view information of an avatar of the user in the video game to the computer system, and adapted to process said input information from the game play control unit in order to provide game information representative of at least positional movement of the avatar of the user in the video game to a display of the computer system, wherein the control device has a shape substantially similar to a firearm, and a primary display of the computer system is provided by a display which is mounted on said firearm shaped control device.