Games In 2017 Will Sense Your Mood And Emotions - And Adjust The Game Play!

Emotions play a huge factor in a player's enjoyment of a game. If he feels that rush of adrenaline in rushing to the next level, he stays on and forgets everything else; maybe nothing short of a real-life end-of-the-world scenario can pry him from his console. On the other hand, if he is bored, he just tunes out and turn the machine off. But what game designers and producers are apprehensive of the most are the discouraged gamers who may just shut down and never return, not even for a rematch.

These gamers feel overwhelmed by the challenges they encounter in the virtual world and think they will never win. Or they can get scared of the monsters and zombies that lurk in the corners and just want to get out.

Parents of the younger gamers might want their kids to lessen their video-gaming time, says one study. But the gaming companies want to keep the players happy and high (with the course of playing). Soon, manufacturers will soon be implementing emotion-recognition software in the consoles. God is a Geek reports that this will be one of the big trends for the gaming world in 2017. Many of the gaming gurus still feel many of the products on the shelves still have not found that missing X factor that will make the user truly connect with the artificial world he is visiting. They think that the missing link is an emotional connection, and not just a mental one.

One of the first games to be fitted with an emotion-recognition software is Nevermind, says The Week. Next year, it will have the equipment supplied by Affdex that can capture and analyze the emotions on the user's face, by using his device's webcam. If the user shows stress, Nevermind will adjust its play to calm him down. If he feels energized to hunt down one suspect after another, then the game obliges him by extending its play.

Nevermind in its current state is already analyzing its players' state of mind and heart sans the software. Various devices are attached to the user to monitor his heart rate and his eye movement. The Affdex programming will be building on that foundation. More companies might follow their lead at the start of the new year.