Haptically enhanced interactivity with interactive content
Interactive content may be presented to a user that is manipulating a peripheral. One or more state parameters that are related to the position of the peripheral may be determined. The peripheral may be identified from a plurality of possible peripherals. The interactive content may be adjusted based at least in part on the one or more position parameters and/or the identification of the peripheral. Haptic feedback to be provided to the user may be determined based at least in part on the one or more position parameters and/or the identification of the peripheral.
1. A peripheral configured to enhance the interactivity of interactive content being conveyed to a user by a content output appliance, wherein the content output appliance is under control of one or more processors that control the output of the interactive content based on one or more state parameters of the peripheral, the peripheral comprising:
an actuator configured to generate haptic feedback for the user;
an accessory;
a base device configured to be removably coupled to the accessory such that any of a plurality of accessories can be interchangeably coupled to the base device;
a wireless receiver carried by the base device, the wireless receiver being configured to receive information from the one or more processors defining one or more feedback parameters of the haptic feedback to be generated by the actuator;
an actuator control configured to control the actuator to generate haptic feedback for the user in accordance with the received information defining the one or more feedback parameters; and
one or more identifying features carried by the accessory, the one or more identifying features being configured to identify the peripheral to the one or more processors from other peripherals that are usable with the interactive content such that the one or more feedback parameters communicated from the one or more processors to the peripheral are dependent on the identifying features of the peripheral.
2. The peripheral of claim 1 , wherein one or both of the actuator and/or the actuator control are carried by the accessory.
3. The peripheral of claim 1 , wherein one or both of the actuator and/or the actuator control are carried by the base device.
4. The peripheral of claim 1 , wherein the accessory is a card bearing graphics.
5. The peripheral of claim 4 , wherein the one or more identifying features comprise the graphics.
6. The peripheral of claim 1 , further comprising:
an electronic display; and
a display control configured to control the electronic display to present interactive content to the user that corresponds to the interactive content being conveyed to the user by the content output appliance.
7. The peripheral of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface configured to present user configurable settings to the user, and to receive selections from the user of values for the user configurable settings, and wherein user configurable settings impact the haptic feedback that is generated by the actuator.
8. The peripheral of claim 7 , wherein the user configurable settings configure one or more aspects of operation of the actuator control.
9. The peripheral of claim 7 , wherein the user configurable settings are provided to the one or more processors.
10. The peripheral of claim 1 , wherein the one or more identifying features comprise a subscriber identity module card.