Video Games to Help You Relax

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Irish game developers have unveiled their latest project, a game that helps you to relax, through the use of electrodes that are attached to a player's fingers and as the person relaxes, their dragon moves faster. The game uses galvanic skin response technology which works by measuring the ability of the skin to conduct electricity."

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This has already been done over 5 years ago

[Soul-Burn666]

More than a few years ago I saw on TV a game like this, where you begin as a fish, and as you relax more you become a human, and then start flying and getting to the stars....

Biofeedback-based games and development kits

[Seth Finkelstein]

There's lots of biofeedback-based little projects. There's even biofeedback development SDKs, so that you can roll your own if you're interested. For example, take a look at the (emphasis added):

WaveRider

WaveRider DDE Software Developers' Kit The WaveRider DDE SDK provides a platform for rapid prototype and development of Windows applications in the fields of medicine, biofeedback, Virtual Reality and game development.

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concept already exists

[brad3378]

This has been around for a while for the treatment of attention deficit disorder. However, for A.D.D. patients, the goal is to focus better instead of relaxing. Still a very cool treatment if ya ask me.

Here's a story you might find interesting.

MIT Page on galvanic response, etc

[Alien54]

Here is an MIT Page that prove interesting.

has a rig that will hook up to you typical unix box. Pretty pictures too.

http://affect.media.mit.edu/AC_research/sensing.ht ml