A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a button including a fixed force magnet coupled to a first housing assembly component serving as a top portion of the button, a variable force magnet coupled to a second housing assembly serving as a bottom portion of the button, and a spring coupled to the fixed force magnetic and the variable force magnet for repelling the fixed force magnet from the variable force magnet according to a spring constant of the spring. The variable force magnet emitting a magnetic field to counter the spring constant and thereby adjust a force required to depress the button. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an accessory having a plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, a plurality of light sources, wherein each light source emits a controllable spectrum of light through a corresponding one of the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, and a controller coupled to the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, and the plurality of light sources. The controller can be operable to detect tactile contact of each of the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, receive status information associated with a video game, and adjust the spectrum of light emitted by at least a portion of the plurality of light sources according to the status information to indicate one or more aspects of the video game. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that performs operations including receiving an actuation profile comprising one or more actuation thresholds responsive to a detection of a triggering event during a gaming session of a video game, configuring the sensor according to the one or more actuation thresholds, receiving, from the sensor, a signal indicating a depression range of the button, comparing the depression range to the one or more actuation thresholds of the actuation profile, and generating an actuation state when the depression range exceeds an actuation threshold of the one or more actuation thresholds. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

A peripheral device includes an image sensing module configured to include a plurality of sensors. Each of sensors is arranged on the peripheral device and is configured to capture image data for objects in a real-world space. A processor is part of the peripheral device for determining fixed points in the image data. The fixed points are used to determine changes in spatial position of the peripheral device with reference to the fixed points in the real-world space. In one example, the peripheral device includes a motion sensor to additionally assist in determining the changes in spatial position of the peripheral device.

A method, a computer readable medium, and an apparatus for providing haptic feedback through a plurality of haptic devices are provided. The apparatus may receive a multi-channel audio stream. The apparatus may split the multi-channel audio stream into a plurality of audio channels. For each haptic signal of a plurality of haptic signals, the apparatus may generate the haptic signal based on one or more audio channels of the plurality of audio channels. For each haptic signal of the plurality of haptic signals, the apparatus may transmit the haptic signal to a corresponding haptic device of the plurality of haptic devices to produce the haptic feedback.

Embodiments include a footwear device for controlling an electronic device, the footwear device including a toe portion, a heel portion, and a sole portion defined along a bottom portion of the footwear device between the toe and heel portion. The device further including one or more sensors incorporated with the sole portion and configured to detect a movement of the footwear device. The device further includes a controller configured to store a footwear action database comprising footwear actions respectively assigned to input control actions of the electronic device. receive the output signal of the sensors, identify a corresponding input control action using the footwear action database, and generate a control signal based on the input control action. The device further includes a communication module to transmit a control signal to a game controller such that the movement of the footwear device causes the input control action of the electronic device.

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes identifying a plurality of devices associated with a computing device, identifying status information from each device of the plurality of devices, and identifying presentation features for each device of the plurality of devices. The method further includes receiving presentation information indicating a setting to present first status information from a first device of the plurality of devices via a selected device of the plurality of devices, wherein the first status is presented on the selected device by a selected presentation feature of the selected device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

A game controller for controlling electronic games comprising a controller chassis and an actuator system including: an actuator body pivotally mounted to the controller chassis; a strike plate coupled to the actuator body; a trigger adjustment system having an arm; and an actuator adjustment control screw received in a screw thread disposed within said arm. A portion of the actuator adjustment control screw may engage with a portion of the strike plate and said portion of the actuator adjustment control screw creates an end stop to limit movement of the actuator body.

An information processing system (100) includes: an event-information processing unit (130) for converting event information generated by operation on a browser of the user terminal into information specified by software executed on a computer communicable with the user terminal (900); and an information input unit (140) inputting the information converted by the event-information processing unit (130) to the software.

A tracker data acquisition section acquires a plurality of pieces of first tracker data. The first tracker data indicates the position of a first tracker that is expressed in a first coordinate system. The tracker data acquisition section acquires a plurality of pieces of second tracker data. The second tracker data indicates the position of a second tracker that is expressed in a second coordinate system. Based on the plurality of pieces of the first tracker data and the plurality of pieces of the second tracker data, a parameter estimation section estimates parameter values for converting the positions expressed in the second coordinate system into expressions in the first coordinate system and the relative position of the second tracker relative to the first tracker.