Apparatus and method for managing operations of accessories in multi-dimensions

1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

characterizing three-dimensional (3D) stimuli as a 3D associable action, the 3D stimuli comprising a sequence of 3D navigational movements;

presenting, in a graphical user interface, the 3D associable action in a graphically identifiable form along with a plurality of gaming accessories having distinct operational functions;

detecting an association of the 3D associable action with an input function of a selected gaming accessory of the plurality of gaming accessories; and

storing the association of the 3D associable action and the input function in a profile.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting a stimulation of the input function while monitoring usage of the selected gaming accessory resulting in a detected stimulation;

retrieving, from storage, the 3D stimuli responsive to the detected stimulation of the input function, resulting in retrieved 3D stimuli; and

transmitting the retrieved 3D stimuli destined for a software gaming application to control a 3D aspect of a presentation generated by the software gaming application.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 2 , wherein the 3D stimuli are generated by a 3D gaming accessory, wherein the 3D gaming accessory comprises a sensor for capturing 3D images, and wherein the software gaming application operates from a gaming console or an online gaming system.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 2 , wherein the transmitting the retrieved 3D stimuli destined for the software gaming application comprises transmitting the retrieved 3D stimuli to an operating system, wherein the operating system is adapted to transmit the 3D associable action or a first aspect thereof destined for the software gaming application.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the operating system is adapted to launch a software application responsive to the retrieved 3D stimuli or a second aspect thereof.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise recording statistics associated with the selected gaming accessory.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium is readable by a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a server, a mainframe computer, or a gaming console.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving the 3D stimuli from a 3D gaming accessory while in use; and

storing the 3D stimuli from the 3D gaming accessory, resulting in 3D recorded stimuli.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

associating the 3D recorded stimuli with a macro; and

characterizing the macro as the 3D associable action.

10. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a processing system including a processor, an association of a three-dimensional (3D) associable action with an input function of a selected gaming accessory of a plurality of gaming accessories;

detecting, by the processing system, a stimulation of the input function while monitoring usage of the selected gaming accessory resulting in a detected stimulation;

retrieving, by the processing system, a 3D recorded stimuli responsive to the detected stimulation of the input function, the 3D recorded stimuli comprising a sequence of 3D navigational movements; and

transmitting, by the processing system, the 3D recorded stimuli destined for a software gaming application to control a 3D aspect of a presentation generated by the software gaming application.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

recording, by the processing system, statistics associated with the selected gaming accessory;

characterizing, by the processing system, the 3D recorded stimuli as the 3D associable action; and

presenting by the processing system, in a graphical user interface, the 3D associable action in a graphically identifiable form along with the plurality of gaming accessories having distinct operational functions.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising storing, by the processing system, the association of the 3D associable action and the input function in a profile.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising combining, by the processing system, a profile with another profile.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising recording, by the processing system, timing characteristics of the 3D recorded stimuli.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising modifying, by the processing system, at least a portion of the timing characteristics according to user provided instructions resulting in modified timing characteristics.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the 3D recorded stimuli have been generated by a 3D gaming accessory, and wherein the 3D gaming accessory comprises a sensor for capturing 3D images.

17. A computing device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving three-dimensional (3D) stimuli from a 3D gaming accessory while in use, the 3D stimuli being generated by the 3D gaming accessory, the 3D stimuli comprising a sequence of 3D navigational movements, and the 3D gaming accessory comprising a sensor for capturing 3D images;

associating the 3D stimuli with a macro; and

characterizing the macro as a 3D associable action.

18. The computing device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:

detecting the 3D gaming accessory; and

recording statistics associated with the 3D gaming accessory.

19. The computing device of claim 17 , wherein a software gaming application receives the 3D stimuli from the 3D gaming accessory and the software gaming application operates from a gaming console or an online gaming system.

20. The computing device of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:

recording timing characteristics of the 3D stimuli;

modifying at least a first portion of the timing characteristics according to user provided instructions resulting in modified timing characteristics; and

generating 3D recorded stimuli according to at least a second portion of the modified timing characteristics.