Auditory Feedback of False Heart Rate for Video Game Experience Improvement

Changes in emotions affect our physiological responses, and perhaps vice versa. We investigate a new game interaction system that uses false heart rate (fHR) feedback to improve the player experience (PX). The fHR presents HR information players so they perceive changes presented as being result of alteration PX. introduced auditory into investigated its effects through an experiment. Participants repeated gameplay action while hearing heartbeat-like sounds answered questionnaires regarding Some participants heard synchronized with their actual HR, whereas others whose tempo became gradually faster or slower than HR. results indicated accelerating pattern +5 bpm/min was appropriate for improving PX; were able maintain motivation continue game. experiment also it is necessary reflecting did not when told correlated present work provides principles video design based on measurements.