Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Erik Tidemand

Kent Huntsman

Clayton Chang

Muneeb Karim

Alex Garden

Alexander John Garden

Edward Charles Owen

An accessory is disclosed for use in a human-computer interface gaming or other application. The accessory can be held or otherwise interacted with by a user, where the accessory is sensed and displayed as a virtual object on a display. The virtual representation of the accessory may be an accurate recreation of the accessory, or it may be displayed as a virtual object appropriate to the gaming or other application. The real world accessory is flexible and may be morphed into a variety of forms to better suit a wide array of uses. This accessory may also serve as a platform upon which other accessories can be mounted to enhance user experience.

Reshapable connector with variable rigidity

A directional feedback device generating a directional force feedback in free space. The device includes a force generation structure including a rotatable mass creating a physical force vector in three dimensional space. A wireless communication device and a control system communicatively coupled to the wireless communication device and the force generation system are provided. The control system receives a definition of the physical force vector to be generated from an application executing in a processing device. The control system provides instructions to the force generation system to generate the physical force vector using the force generation structure. The force generation system, the wireless communication device and the control system are enclosed in a housing.

Free space directional force feedback apparatus

Technology is presented for generating directional force feedback in free space to a user using a mass rotatable about a movable axis. The mass and movable axis are responsive to a control signal to generate a force vector having a direction and a magnitude in three-dimensional space to provide feedback to the user. The force vector is created in response to an event in application executing in a processing device. The force vector represents feedback regarding an event in the application.

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Erik Tidemand