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(arXiv abridged abstract) In the last two decades, videogames have evolved in
a nearly explosive way from the pixelated graphics to today's near-realistic 3D
environments. The interaction devices traditionally used in videogames have not
evolved with the same intensity, but recent HCI studies have explored
biofeedback interaction - the explicit man...
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