Japanese video game maker Nintendo will develop a device to measure a user’s fatigue and map their sleep, Chief Executive Satoru Iwata said on Thursday, the first offering from the company’s newly created healthcare division. The device will be developed with US firm ResMed Inc, which currently makes products to treat sleep disorders, and will be available in the financial year ending March 2016.
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd will develop a device to measure a user’s fatigue and map their sleep, Chief Executive Satoru Iwata said on Thursday, the first offering from the company’s newly created healthcare division. The device will be developed with U.S. firm ResMed Inc, which currently makes products to treat sleep disorders, and will be available in the financial year ending March 2016. “By using our know-how in gaming… to analyse sleep and fatigue, we can create something fun,” Iwata said.