Thousands Tears for Video Games – The Role of Emotions

AI in Games about the new ways of human interaction in video games blog blog series

The role of emotions in video games is undeniable. Countless tears have been shed by unforgettable moments in video games. Whether it’s yelling in excitement, or screaming in fear, we can see a thousand cases that games made us emotional. Those were the moments we were connected to a character, a story, an event, or even an object so much that its elevation or destruction caused a shared reaction across all players in the world.

What AI has to say about: Game of Thrones: Battle of Winterfell

the team of audEERING watching and recording game of thrones in the office using ExamAIner

Well, I think you can imagine what happened next. We placed microphones in the conference room and recorded the audience throughout the screening. Then we passed the acquired data to ExamAIner which is a web application using the emotion recognition audEERING technology in the backend.

Gamer Monitoring – Part 1

game monitoring for children helps in the game industry

If you have been following our gaming blogs, there is a chance that you have also wondered about the other applications of emotion recognition in the video game industry.

Today, we will talk about another application: Gamer monitoring.

Affective Computing Gets even Your Grandma Excited about VR

affective computing with player

Trees were starting to blossom in the spring of 2016, when Oculus Rift was released as a consumer product. You could put it on and simply teleport into the virtual realm. It is enhanced with more features ever since, helping the users to feel even more immersed in the environment.