The new Wii Vitality Sensor was vaguely introduced at E3 2009. The device attaches to the Wiimote and clips onto a players finger to read their pulse, for unknown reasons. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that Nintendo plans on expanding on the device at E3 2010 and showing it with compatible software.
"We will show off the Vitality Sensor with software [at the show]. I'm not going to give you any more hints beyond that."
The mystery will remain until the kickoff the show which is taking place June 15-17. Nintendo also has some other "surprises" planned for the next E3 involving a new Zelda game for Wii.
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BioHazardous
on November 21, 2009 10:23am
The obvious application would be monitoring the user's heart rate during Wii Fit activities.
Would be interesting if they had some use for it in games to monitor how steady you can keep your heart rate while facing danger. Makes me think of the movie Van Helsing when he first encounters Count Vladislaus Dracula and his heart rate doesn't change at all. With the proper training, they could use this to condition people to control their anxiety by keeping their heart rate steady.
Would be interesting if they had some use for it in games to monitor how steady you can keep your heart rate while facing danger. Makes me think of the movie Van Helsing when he first encounters Count Vladislaus Dracula and his heart rate doesn't change at all. With the proper training, they could use this to condition people to control their anxiety by keeping their heart rate steady.
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