Engineers at Stanford University have built a gaming controller – using an Xbox 360 remote as a starting point – that measures a person’s heart rate, rate and deepness of breathing, and how vigorously the control is moved.<\/p>\n
The point of the invention is to detect if a player becomes bored in-game, allowing the game to then adapt and, for example, spawn more zombies for you to tackle.<\/p>\n
It could also be used to detect if children are getting too excited during games, and tone down the game accordingly.<\/p>\n
The project is being headed by the university’s Corey McCall, who replaced the back of the Xbox control with a thicker unit packed with sensors; metal pads along the hand grips to pick up physiological signals; a light-operated sensor; and an accelerometer.<\/p>\n
Below is a short video where McCall provides some insight into his invention.<\/p>\n