Biofeedback Augmented Gameplay: Criação de Uma Framework para o Desenvolvimento de Mecanismos de Interacção Fisiológica em Videojogos Comerciais

Abstract

Since the video games were created, the way the user interacts with it hardly changed. The traditional controllers ( keyboard / mouse ) create a physical and emotional barrier between the videogame and the user , and thus , yield a less active and immersive gaming experience. However, in recent years there has been a growing interest in creating new mechanisms in seeking to extend the way we play video games, such as the natural interaction mechanisms. Even though these new mechanisms bring new experiences to users, they do not solve the paradigm of the physical and emotional barrier, because they ignore concepts such as the emotion of the user, among others . In order to fix these issues and make the user an integral part of the video game this project was designed, and aims to create a framework that implements mechanisms of biofeedback. This framework is designed to receive, process and map the physiological data from the user in game controllers, in order to create an immersive gaming experience.