Archive for November, 2006
Games that respond to our emotions? (Part 2)
Weekend America has a story about how a device made by EmSense can monitor emotions for use in gaming applications.
“Video games that can tell what you’re feeling and even alter how the game reacts to you based on your emotional state are on the horizon, says Mike Zyda, who heads up the University of Southern California’s video game development program.”…
Signs, Signals, Emotion and Attention
Spiegel Online has a fascinating article about how some European cities are experimenting with reducing or eliminating traffic signals and signs, and in some places, even removing the distinction between sidewalks and roads. So at this point, you may be thinking, “how does this relate to emotion?”…
Sony’s Multi-Function Phone
Keeping with today’s mobile phone theme, Crave.cnet.com has an article about a new phone from Sony-Ericsson, the W44S, which has a dual hinge feature that allows it to…
Panasonic Emotion Phone
Crave.cnet.com has an article about a new phone from Panasonic (the “P702iD“) that includes visualizations (in the form of colour and image changes) of emotional state through voice analysis with something called…
1. An Introduction to Emotions
Emotions are the means employed by the mind to evaluate the organism’s internal and external environment and respond appropriately… Read more
Coming Soon: All About Design for Emotion
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting articles drawn directly from my master’s thesis work in emotions and HCI…
Games that respond to our emotions? (Part 1)
Emotiv.com has developed a headset that can trackshifts in emotions during gameplay. I assume that when they say “emotions” they are referring specifically to… Read more
How the colour of jail cells affects inmates’ emotions
CourtTV has an article about how painting jails pink can calm aggravated inmates… Read more
LEMTool for measuring emotions during website interaction
Kevin Capota, a master’s student at Twente University in the Netherlands, has written an article covering some of my master’s thesis research in emotions and HCI…
