Towards the Biofeedback Game - with Interoception and Rehabilitation

Abstract

This paper reports some experimental developments of serious games with bio-sensing system and multimedia environments. The key idea is the biofeedback system with a combination of interoception and rehabilitation. In the area of rehabilitation therapy, it has been attracting attention that the client themself recovers better on a voluntary basis by the biofeedback technique. I have been developing some bio-sensing / bio-feedback systems with sketching (physical computing) technique and multimedia art. I will report on some cases which can be seen as the serious games in rehabilitation in cooperating with specialists in the medical field.