Team Electronic Gameplay Combining Different Means of Control

An apparatus for modifying the effect of an operator controlled input device on an interactive device, the interactive device comprising a display device for depicting displayed images and a reception device for receiving control input from the operator controlled input device, wherein the control input permits the operator to control and interact with at least some of the displayed images, said modifying apparatus comprising:

• a measurement device for measuring at least one physiological activity of a person different than an operator of the operator controlled input device;
• a conversion device for converting the at least one measured physiological activity into at least one physiological signal having a value indicative of the level of said at least one physiological activity;
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• an integration device for modifying the operator's control input in response to changes in the at least one physiological signal, to thus modify the operator's ability to control and interact with at least one of the depicted images in response to changes in the at least one physiological signal.

An apparatus for modifying the effect of an operator controlled input device on an interactive device, the interactive device comprising a display area, means for depicting images upon the display area, and means for receiving input from the operator controlled input device, the input permitting the operator to control and interact with at least some of the depicted images, said modifying apparatus comprising:

• means for measuring at least one physiological activity of a person different than the operator;
• means for converting the at least one measured physiological activity into at least one signal having a value indicative of the level of said at least one physiological activity;
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• means for modifying the input from the operator controlled input device prior to the input being received by the interactive device;
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• said modifying means comprising means for modifying the input from the operator controlled input device in response to changes in the at least one physiological signal, to thus modify the operator's ability to control and interact with at least one of the depicted images in response to changes in the at least one physiological signal.