1. One or more computer-readable storage media in a computing device, having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of determining a location where a pointing device is directed, the method comprising: receiving a message at the computing device from the pointing device; extracting sensor data from the message; identifying a position of the pointing device in three-dimensional space; identifying an orientation of the pointing device in three-dimensional space using the sensor data; determining a location to which the pointing device is directed by utilizing the identified position of the pointing device and the identified orientation of the pointing device; and altering an object on a display screen at the location where the pointing device is directed.