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The Mionix Naos QG gaming mouse can monitor your stress levels as you play

By Koh Wanzi - on 21 Sep 2016, 11:37am

The Mionix Naos QG gaming mouse can monitor your stress levels as you play

The Naos QG retains the same ergonomic chassis as the Naos 7000. (Image Source: Mionix)

Gaming gear just gets crazier and crazier. Meet the Mionix Naos QG, a gaming mouse that doesn’t just help you place your crosshair on a target’s head. In fact, it actively collects your biometric and movement data as you game, and overlays the game with this information.

We can’t fault you if you think this sounds like a huge gimmick with no real purpose, but enough people actually wanted this that Mionix moved forward with a retail product. We first heard about the Naos QG way back in 2014, when the company launched a Kickstarter page dedicated to the mouse.

Now, almost two years later, Mionix finally has a product ready to ship. The Naos QG was created in collaboration with Kickstarter and the Twitch streaming community, so it was very much a community effort and not some out-there idea on the part of Mionix alone.

The Naos QG retains the body of the Naos 7000, but adds two sensors to the palm rest on either side of the illuminated Mionix logo. One of these is a PixArt heart rate sensor, while the other is a galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor. The latter actually measures – wait for it – sweat secretion, and when taken together with the heart rate sensor, can produce data on your state of “arousal”.

The mouse is bundled with the Mionix Hub software that is responsible for collating the sensor data and displaying it in an in-game overlay. It will even allow streamers to show their biometric information to viewers in real-time. If you’ve ever watched PewDiePie scare himself with horror games, it’s easy to see how this might add an extra dimension to the viewing experience.

Biometric data can be overlaid in game for a richer viewing experience. (Image Source: Mionix)

And if you want to check out just how stressed games make you, you can view the data after the fact to attempt to analyze it and pick out patterns.

You can view your heart rate and other data in the Mionix Hub software. (Image Source: Mionix)

That aside, the core of the mouse comprises a 12,000DPI PixArt PMW3360 optical sensor, seven programmable buttons, and five-step DPI. Like other Mionix mice, the Naos QG is also coated with a nice dark matte finish that resists grime quite well. However, it is quite heavy at 152g , no doubt due to all the extra gadgetry on board.

The Naos QG is now available for pre-order on Mionix’s website at US$130, with worldwide availability expected in October.

Source: Mionix

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