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Can this mouse take Twitch to the next level?

25 pointsby nmattissonover 10 years ago

7 comments

shetterover 10 years ago
Apart from the tired PR effort (gawker media-level headline, samefag comments) this project looks really great. I'd love to have that for the insight alone, even though I don't play competitively anymore it seems like it would allow me to understand myself better.
DigitalSeaover 10 years ago
From a data perspective this really interests me and partly because I am a gamer. As the rise of eSports continues, obtaining metrics of professional players might give us insight into what traits professional players have in common (if any).<p>We track metrics of olympic athletes to study where they can improve and what makes a good athlete great, so it only makes sense to see if there is a link between heart rate, eye movement and other metrics and a professional gamer who has what it takes to win.<p>This is surprisingly cool. I probably wouldn&#x27;t buy one, but it is cool nonetheless.
zzleeperover 10 years ago
Come on guys, two green names comments with actually nothing insightful besides a cliche phrase?<p>It&#x27;s like you are begging to be flagged =&#x2F;
joellarssonover 10 years ago
Quantified Self for games, I like. Would be fun to implement support in some open source games like quake world.
debacleover 10 years ago
Or you can buy a heart rate monitor that will actually work for $15-20 dollars, and a real gaming mouse.
hajakover 10 years ago
Cool to see quantified self in other places!
jbob2000over 10 years ago
The heart rate sensor is a gimmick, they need really close contact to work well. You&#x27;d need to grip the shit out of your mouse to get a good reading. I don&#x27;t think anyone can maintain an iron grip on their mouse long enough for the sensor to have any meaning