In horror-adventure game Nevermind, your performance is influenced by your emotional state. In one scenario, a kitchen is filling up with milk and you're in danger of drowning unless you figure out ...

Galvanic, a Dublin-based startup, has created a Bluetooth-enabled galvanic skin response sensor that's also a game controller. The product, called the PIP sensor, is designed to help users learn to ...

We interviewed ‘Nevermind’ producer Michael Annetta for exclusive insights into the game’s groundbreaking use of biofeedback, and the real-world benefits of its immersive, next-gen technology. Game ...

A game currently under development uses your own anxiety to make its play increasingly horrifying as you get more scared, and it also aims to help people confront their fear. “When it senses that ...

Boston Children’s Hospital spin-out Mightier has scored an additional $250,000 for its emotional regulation video game program. The new investment was made by Modern Time Group. This additional ...

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“In Nevermind, you get scared, you get stressed, and the world will punish you for giving in to those feelings,” says creative director Erin Reynolds, “But it rewards you for calming down by becoming ...

While traditional horror video games seek to provide an exciting thrill, Nevermind is a biofeedback-enhanced horror game that has greater ambitions. It requires you to manage your anxiety in alarming ...

Nevermind measures your heart rate to tell when you're getting scared -- then ramps up the horror for a truly boot-shaking experience. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you ...

The input-output dynamic of most games is fairly simple: You steer with a keyboard, gesture, or some other type of gamepad, and the game adjusts the audio or visual output and perhaps vibrates the ...

SimyLife a development team based in Vienna, Austria has created a new biofeedback game controller called the SimyBall which can help with reducing stress, providing relaxation as well as laughter, ...

Doctors at Boston Children's Hospital have been using a video game that monitors children's heart rates to help them keep their tempers in check. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...