"Let’s Get Physiological, Physiological!": A Systematic Review of Affective Gaming
summary
Systematic review of 162 papers (from 52,834 hits) claims affective gaming is nascent but promising and introduces the affective game loop to classify how physiology maps to games. Common tools: heart rate sensors, webcams for facial expression, spirometers (example: “Breath” uses a spirometer to move a bird). Heart rate appears most often and typically controls difficulty; breathing and faces drive mechanics. About half target enjoyment, many target mental health, and only ~10% fail; formal evaluations remain rare. physiological projection
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:18Direct and Indirect Physiological Signals
- 0:47Research Question
- 2:03Mappings
- 2:37Effect of Game Loop
- 3:06Example Breath
- 3:30Physiological Input Mapping
- 3:58Paper Usage
- 4:19Purpose
- 4:42Summary
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