A pair of researchers have devised a new application for biofeedback in game play. By analyzing piezoelectric currents on the skin surface of the player they are able to best guess the next move the player will make. Coining the games that result from this interface “Frustration Games” they found that a player’ intention to jump can be accurately predicted up to 2 seconds prior to the actual move. I’ve been out of gaming for a little while now but I was already getting frustrated by video games, and creating impossible scenarios, I just think that’s going to create more gamers with anger problems. Interesting technology but I think it could probably be put to better use tan predicting game movements.
