Abstract: New types of controllers allow players to make inputs to a video game or simulation by moving the entire controller itself. This capability is typically accomplished using a wireless input device having accelerometers, gyroscopes, and an infrared LED tracking camera. The present invention exploits these wireless motion-sensing technologies to modulate the player's movement inputs to the videogame based upon physiological signals. Such biofeedback-modulated video games train valuable mental skills beyond eye-hand coordination. These psychophysiological training technologies enhance personal improvement, not just the diversion, of the user.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 22, 2011
Publication date:
January 5, 2012
Applicant:
U.S.A. as represented by the Administrator of the Nataional Aeronautics of Space Administration
Inventors:
Alan T. Pope, Chad L. Stephens, Nina Marie Blanson