Systems and methods for ultrasonically induced tactile stimuli in an entertainment system

A method for providing haptic feedback associated with the usage of an entertainment device, comprising:

• receiving, via a radiation receiver, radiation reflected by a user located within a region;
• generating positional data that identifies a position of the user relative to the region using the received radiation reflections;
• identifying a site of the user suitable for receiving haptic feedback;
• transmitting a first ultrasonic pulse along a first vector relative to the user;
• transmitting a second ultrasonic pulse along a second vector relative to the user, wherein the first ultrasonic pulse and the second ultrasonic pulse are configured to intersect proximate the identified site of the user and generate an acoustic wave at a beat frequency of the first and second ultrasonic pulses;
• and
• selecting frequencies of the first and second ultrasonic pulses such that the frequency of the acoustic wave induces a haptic sensation at the identified site of the user based on a state of an entertainment device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for generating image data of an object within a region, the operations comprising:

• receiving, via a radiation receiver, radiation reflected by a user located within the region;
• generating positional data that identifies a position of the user relative to the region using the received radiation reflections;
• identifying a site of the user suitable for receiving haptic feedback;
• transmitting a first ultrasonic pulse along a first vector relative to the user;
• transmitting a second ultrasonic pulse along a second vector relative to the user, wherein the first ultrasonic pulse and the second ultrasonic pulse are configured to intersect proximate the identified site of the user and generate an acoustic wave at a beat frequency of the first and second ultrasonic pulses;
• and
• selecting frequencies of the first and second ultrasonic pulses such that the frequency of the acoustic wave induces a haptic sensation at the identified site of the user based on a state of an entertainment device.