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Device Reduces Stress While Gaming

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-just-in-bad-traffic dept.

Bayscribe writes "Vyro Games, a Dublin Ireland company, unveils a device today that forces you to relax while playing games. It is called a PiP, or "Personal Input Pod," and it measures things like the moisture in your hand to assess whether you're stressed. If you're showing signs of stress, your performance in a game deteriorates. If you relax, you do much better. The PiP communicates wirelessly with software on devices such as mobile phones, PCs or games consoles... If you relax, the dragon spreads its wings and flies. If not, it stumbles all over the place."

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  1. So calm, until... by IndustrialComplex · · Score: 4, Funny

    The dragon's cruising along.... crap he is getting lower. Oh NO DAMN IT! It's falling. I've got to get him back up. Come on, FLY. FLY YOU GOD DAMNED DRAGON. Ahhh crap! ...

    Now, I've got to go load up an FPS to releave the stress I generated keeping that damned thing flying.

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  2. Really ticked off by anton544 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does the dragon do when I throw my controller up the side of my monitor? Die a horrible death?

  3. maybe a bad idea by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 4, Funny

    They say violent video games cause violent behavior. I'm skeptical, I played Manhunt to the end and I haven't killed any real people yet...
    But maybe the key difference is that I DID get nervous in certain tense scenes. Are we really sure we want to train people to be able to kill a bunch of people, decapitate enemies, stalk people etc. without getting an elevated heart rate? Myabe this would be a great serial killer training device. :D

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