Emotions play a huge factor in a player’s enjoyment of a game. Many gaming gurus feel that there is something missing in today’s games – an X factor that will make the user truly connect with the artificial worlds he or she is visiting. They think that missing link is an emotional connection, and not just a mental one.
The game Nevermind by Flying Mollusk is incorporating Affectiva’s emotion recognition technology to help close that gap, by creating gaming experiences that respond to users’ emotions. Many believe this will be one of the big trends for the gaming world in 2017.
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