wraggster
January 22nd, 2014, 20:45
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/265a09070cf17a5f941d218874fabe53/immersion-headset.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/21/immersion-prototype-headset-tracks-gamer-rage-ramps-up-difficul/)
Seattle-based designer Sam Matson developed a headset that tracks "gamer rage" and adjusts a custom game's difficulty to compensate for it. Dubbed "Immersion," Matson's headset uses an optical sensor that reads "minute color changes in the user's ear tissue to approximate a pulse."
Matson's prototype headset includes both audio input and output channels in addition to the heart rate monitor, relaying information via bluetooth to a hacked Xbox 360 controller. He developed a custom shooter game using Unity that ramps up the difficulty as the player's heart race increases, encouraging the player to stay cool and collected. The Immersion headset isn't a commercially available product, and it's uncertain if it ever will be, but Matson does offer a few glances at the prototype model on his website (http://www.sammatson.net/Immersion).
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/22/immersion-prototype-headset-tracks-gamer-rage-ramps-up-difficul/
Seattle-based designer Sam Matson developed a headset that tracks "gamer rage" and adjusts a custom game's difficulty to compensate for it. Dubbed "Immersion," Matson's headset uses an optical sensor that reads "minute color changes in the user's ear tissue to approximate a pulse."
Matson's prototype headset includes both audio input and output channels in addition to the heart rate monitor, relaying information via bluetooth to a hacked Xbox 360 controller. He developed a custom shooter game using Unity that ramps up the difficulty as the player's heart race increases, encouraging the player to stay cool and collected. The Immersion headset isn't a commercially available product, and it's uncertain if it ever will be, but Matson does offer a few glances at the prototype model on his website (http://www.sammatson.net/Immersion).
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/22/immersion-prototype-headset-tracks-gamer-rage-ramps-up-difficul/