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A.M.B.E.R. Shark-Fin: An Unobtrusive Affective Mouse

Authors:
Thomas Christy
Ludmila I. Kuncheva

Keywords: Interaction device; Affective gaming; Physiological sensors; Biometric feedback; Emotion

Abstract:
Analysing, measuring, recognising and exploiting emotion is an attractive agenda in designing computer games. The current devices for mputing physiological modalities are usually awkward to wear or handle. Here we propose a Shark-fin Mouse which streams three signals in real-time: pulse, electrodermal activity (EDA, also known as galvanic skin response or GSR) and skin temperature. All sensors are embedded into a fully functional computer mouse and positioned so as to ensure maximum robustness of the signals. No restriction of the mouse operation is imposed apart from the user having to place the tip of their middle finger into the Shark-fin hub. Boundary tests and experiments with a simple bespoke computer game demonstrate that the Shark-fin Mouse is capable of streaming clean and useful signals.

Pages: 488 to 495

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: February 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-250-9

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from February 24, 2013 to March 1, 2013