Of course, there were proto-video game developed in 1951, but video games do not reach the average computer user – although there were few – until 1972 with Atari’s Pong. Since then, video games have become an integral part of life that transcends language and cultural connection. They provided a very powerful way for people to vent, to cultivate and channel the competitive and entertaining people cheaply and efficiently at home and in public spaces. Gaming is a U.S. $ 42B global market that rivals the size of the music market.

Now, technology and the pace of life gave a charter of new video games: make people’s lives better and healthier.

If it seems absurd to suggest that video games can provide a path toward acceptance Zen stress reduction, mental performance and impressive, then you’re stuck in a stereotype of teenagers last Amped-up overwork their joysticks and shouting to the console.

Enter the Wii

The Nintendo Wii is now a household word and, for 50 million people, a household reality. It pierces the screen and I have people in place of their sofas and chairs by introducing a new body of interactivity, according to the movement.

The sweat on the brow of gamers used to sitting hunched over a game has turned into a sweat all the bodies of all family members age using the Wii as a training tool, is pleased to inside with a physical dimension. People use the Wii to play golf and tennis, do aerobics or skiing, or even play carnival games that require throwing, throwing, hammering and other low-impact physical gestures – lose weight and growing form.

It is a major change in the game (pun intended) processing for games, but it’s just the beginning.

Playing with a dedicated health goal

Since 2005, the Games for Health Conference brought together researchers, health professionals and game developers to share information on the impact of games and game technologies can have on health and health care . They are a fairly lopsided, with a focus on health care policy, but a large part of their mission is to organize and accelerate the adoption of computer games for a variety of challenges facing the world today.

They are not alone! Companies such as Wild Divine Vision and somatic pioneers have been fun and engaging video games that focus on stress reduction as an objective of primary health in the world today.

Wild Divine has partnered with leading natural health and anti-stress gurus Andrew Weil and Deepak Chopra to provide a platform for guided meditation and stress reduction using physiological measures – the coherence of heart rate and skin drive – collected by the sensors of the finger and handed over to the video game environment to enable users to control the game with their own mind.

Somatic and Vision in its team a leading expert in biofeedback has worked with customers worldwide to develop programs and approaches that reduce stress, but also improve mental clarity under pressure. Having worked with the French Ministry of Defense and the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Yuval Oded helped form that is efficient software to make games and audio-visual workshops with a virtual coach – that are specifically designed for senior high pressure, veterans, harried working parents and children cope with change and uncertainty.

new offer Somatic Vision Alive, Oded includes 8-Week Program on-and off-field techniques to manage stress that extend the benefits of play beyond the computer – a new wave of the future in games .

Game vs. profit motivating

With the video game is a familiar and cherished part of life for many, it is logical that the point in space is to replace the games end, with a game that allows us to easily resolve issues and problems in our lives . generalized obesity, stress, sleep disturbances, and increased use of pharmaceuticals, as well as growing expectations of effective multi-tasking has become a “natural” for gaming determination to embrace and give equipping people to improve their health and their ability to cope in complex mental challenges. Watch move involved a brave new world of health and physiology-based performance enhancement!