Device Reduces Stress While Gaming

Bayscribe writes "Vyro Games, a Dublin Ireland company, unveils a device today that forces you to relax while playing games. It is called a PiP, or "Personal Input Pod," and it measures things like the moisture in your hand to assess whether you're stressed. If you're showing signs of stress, your performance in a game deteriorates. If you relax, you do much better. The PiP communicates wirelessly with software on devices such as mobile phones, PCs or games consoles... If you relax, the dragon spreads its wings and flies. If not, it stumbles all over the place."

Imagine that on a gaming competition show!

[Anonymous Coward]

Yep! It's on now folks! Our competators are sitting in their bean-bag chairs and are completely relaxed. It's really exciting, two have even fallen asleep!

Wait, this is the most boring competition ever. I'm breaking for lunch.

I sweat profusely and uncontrollably

[InvisblePinkUnicorn]

I'll never be relaxed because my dragon ain't going nowhere no matter how relaxed I get.

I have a better idea

[patio11]

1) Wire up the Microsoft headset with firmware which detects excessive swearing, racial slurs, and other anti-social behavior...
2) ... and causes you to de-buff your damage and resistance if you're the one doing it, to the point where a butterfly flapping its wings in China has already killed you in Halo 3.
3) ????
4) Profit. And you just saved the sanity of the rest of the world, too.

So calm, until...

[IndustrialComplex]

The dragon's cruising along.... crap he is getting lower. Oh NO DAMN IT! It's falling. I've got to get him back up. Come on, FLY. FLY YOU GOD DAMNED DRAGON. Ahhh crap! ...

Now, I've got to go load up an FPS to releave the stress I generated keeping that damned thing flying.

Really ticked off

[anton544]

What does the dragon do when I throw my controller up the side of my monitor? Die a horrible death?

Work

[reabbotted]

A job might be a better place to use this than video games. I know I'm a lot more stressed at work than when I'm playing DS. Clippy could start throwing up on your screen if you're working too hard.

Rex needs this

[EmperorKagato]

He said other applications can be developed for the product. Professional sports players, for example, can use it to find ways to relax before competition.

Should have given one of these to Rex Grossman last night.

Re:moisture in your hand...

[Anne_Nonymous]

Serious gamers all keep kleenex right by their computers to, uh, dry their sweaty palms.

First test....

[martyb]

FTFS:

If you relax, the dragon spreads its wings and flies. If not, it stumbles all over the place.

Hmmm, this sounds interesting. Let's give it a try!

• configures stuff
• plugs it in
• starts game

Hey! This is great! I feel SO relaxed. Oops. Oh-oh. Oh Noes!!! My dragon she be stumbling!!! I gots to RELAX! RIGHT NOW !!!!!! ARGHHHH!!!!!!!

Doesn't seem to help much. :/

It should monitor chat instead

[Hoi Polloi]

The next model will monitor your chat for stress.

"You cheater! Noobs! You homos! He's glitching! You"

Ireland fails at technology

[UbuntuniX]

Completely useless. How will this help anyone game?
Unless you're into those kind of Barbie-Pony games... But even then I'm not so sure.

This is the first interesting piece of technology I've seen come from my country, yet still it's not even worth developing.

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I sense a marketing opportunity

[Hanners1979]

Does this mean we can expect to see Fatal1ty branded anti-perspirant on the market soon?

Finally...

[OglinTatas]

A dragon flight control scheme worse than Lair

Great...

[TyFighter]

Another thing to worry about while playing games. I'm already worried to death that Shamblers are going to get me, now I have to worry that the Shamblers can tell I'm worried. You've just given video games the ability to smell fear.