Alive 2024.2 - December 4th, 2024
=== Alive Pioneer Plus or All Access Pass 2024.2 ===
Pioneer Plus now includes Relaxation as feedback in Alive Environments and some games.
=== Alive Pioneer 2024.2 ===
The bottom graphs in Custom Workshops now reflect the chosen feedback on the main menu.
=== Alive 2024.2 ===
Fixed issue where the graph lines in the bottom graphs in graph training looked broken and blocky on some computers.
Added to the Alive uninstaller an ability to run a check to see if there are serial numbers activated and if so open the deactivation software.
Alive 2024.1 - June 26th, 2024
=== Alive Online 2024.1 ===
Fixed issue with Alive Online where Alive silently crashed on open. The crashes occurred when the path to the Documents folder contained non-standard characters.
New version of Alive Online called Alive Online Plus can include unlocking Dreamscapes and Arcade as part of Alive Online.
Alive 2024 - April 28th, 2024
=== Alive Pioneer Plus or All Access Pass ===
There is now a new Alive Pioneer Plus version of Alive.
You can upgrade to Pioneer Plus (a one-time payment), or get Pioneer Plus as part of the monthly All Access Pass (which includes all games).
Pioneer Plus includes the following new features:
Session Playback In All Graph Training Screens — replay or review newly recorded sessions in all Graph Training screens. Playing back sessions in Graph Training Screens requires session playback data to be saved for that session. Set the Save Data drop down (on the choose user screen) to Medium or Large to Allow Session Playback.
Respiration as Feedback in Alive Environments and some games — each in and out breath changes the entire environment for direct breathing feedback.
Go / No-go Test — Reaction time, attention and impulsivity testing and training. Open the Go / No-go test in Alive Workshops -> Custom Workshops -> Go / No-go Test.
Estimated facial expressions from your webcam, in Graph Training. Facial Expression detection requires a web cam and good lighting on your face. Smiles are measured accurately; other expressions have medium accuracy. This doesn't measure emotions, only facial expressions.
=== Alive 2024 ===
Alive is now fully compatible with the iom2 sensor from Wild Divine / Unyte.
Alive 2023.2 - June 14th, 2023
=== Important Note For BioSignals Users ===
Installing the latest version of Alive requires you to update your BioSignals sensor's firmware. After updating the firmware you will no longer be able to use your BioSignals sensor with earlier versions of Alive.
This firmware update, along with Alive 2023, brings improved signal quality and controls for BioSignals Heart Rate and Skin Conductance.
For BioSignals sensors you can now choose between skin conductance in uSiemens, or skin conductance with a larger range but without units. This larger range skin conductance can allow people who couldn't successfully train skin conductance, due to very dry hands, to now be able to train skin conductance using the BioSignals with Alive. You can choose between SCL: uSiemens and SCL: Larger Range / No Units on the choose user screen when you open Alive. For the BioSignals HS+ there is also a new BioSignals Control Panel (in control panels) which lets advanced users, or users having problems with heart rate data, to manually adjust the heart rate sensor light. You can switch between infrared and red, or choose the power of the LED. Most users should leave the heart rate sensor automatically calibrating and not manually adjust light levels.
=== Alive All Access Pass ===
Alive now allows you to purchase and use the monthly Alive All Access Pass. The following features are available in the Alive All Access Pass only.
Session Playback In All Graph Training Screens — replay or review newly recorded sessions in all Graph Training screens. Playing back sessions in Graph Training Screens requires session playback data to be saved for that session. Set the Save Data drop down (on the choose user screen) to Medium or Large to Allow Session Playback.
Estimated facial expressions from your webcam, in Graph Training. Facial Expression detection requires a web cam and good lighting on your face. Smiles are measured accurately; other expressions have medium accuracy. This doesn't measure emotions, only facial expressions.
Go / No-go Test — Reaction time, attention and impulsivity testing and training. Open the Go / No-go test in Alive Workshops -> Custom Workshops -> Go / No-go Test.
=== Alive Pioneer 2023.2 ===
GP8 Amp respiration data for the 2nd respiration belt is saved and can be reviewed (when using two respiration belts with the GP8 Amp)
GP8 Amp EMG improvements. Add a 100-200 Hz band pass filter option. Added the ability to toggle EMG and/or EMG RMS on/off in the main EMG graph. Improved filtering, auto ranging and vertical zoom controls for EMG spectral graphs.
To save session data for future review in Graph Training screens, change the Save Data now to Medium or Large. Playing back sessions REQUIRES an active monthly Alive All Access Pass subscription, but you can save this data even without a subscription, to allow you to play it back if you choose to subscribe in the future.
EMG improvements for the GP8 Amp — 100-200 Hz band pass filter option. Toggle EMG and/or EMG RMS on/off in the main EMG graph. Improved filtering, auto ranging and vertical zoom controls for EMG spectral graphs.
Custom Image Sets — Show a series of your own custom pictures with size changing feedback (at the bottom of Environments -> Pioneer Environments)
Alive 3.4.4.1 - April 30th, 2021
=== Alive Pioneer 3.4.4.1 ===
Added 50 / 60 Hz EMG notch filter to remove electrical interference and noise when training EMG (muscle activity) using the GP8 Amp. Enable this using the new toggle at the top of the EMG graph in Graph Training.
Added 2-channel EMG review to detailed session review for the GP8 Amp.
Alive 3.4.2.2 - November 23rd, 2020
=== Alive 3.4.2.2 ===
Fixed issue with storing and accessing Alive sessions on computers with non English character file names.
=== Alive Clinical 3.4.2.2 ===
You can now see progress over time for many different measurements by going to Progress Review -> Detailed View / Trend Graphs.
=== Alive Pioneer 3.4.2.2 ===
Added a new, customizable, review screen with many measurements shown on a single screen. This new multi-line review allows for easy viewing, comparison, and printing of the measurements of your choice. Open progress review, choose a session, press Detailed View (line graphs), then press the new multi-line review button at the bottom of the screen. You can then choose which data you would like to view, and all data is shown on a single screen.
Alive 3.3.5 - November 19th, 2020
=== Alive Online 3.3.5 ===
Alive Online support added to Alive. Alive Online allows clinicians to generate temporary serial numbers for up to 8 clients. These clients can train with Alive Clinical for 1 hour each week (designed for a zoom session) plus 10 minutes daily. This way the client only needs to own (or borrow) a sensor, the client doesn't need to purchase the Alive Clinical software to get a remote training session. See www.somaticvision.com/AliveOnline for more information.
=== Alive 3.3.5 ===
Graph training screens keep all data shown when the session is stopped. This allows you to continue to see all data on any graph training screens you had open after you finish training. The graph training screen data doesn't reset until you start a new session or change users.
Improved support for 4k screens.
Improved support for storing Alive users on network drives. Alive users (and sessions) can now be stored on a network drive and accessed from multiple computers simultaneously, as long as the same user is never used from two computers simultaneously. This allows large companies to maintain a central server of Alive users, for example in health care systems. Ask Somatic Vision for more information on this feature if you need to implement a central network to store Alive users.
=== Alive Pioneer 3.3.5 ===
Added additional Full Monitoring graphs. Full Monitoring is now a section that contains 5 different graphing screens. The prior Full Monitoring graphs are now called Full Monitoring - Smoothness.
Full Monitoring - Absolute Values
Shows graphs of all available absolute values, such as absolute heart rate, absolute skin conductance, etc.
Full Monitoring - Absolute Change
Graphs show your current value - the average of the last 30 seconds. So if your heart rate has risen 10 bpm over the last 30 seconds, this would show 10 in the Absolute Change - Average Heart Rate graph.
Full Monitoring - Relative Change
Similar to Absolute Change but compares your current value to more data (the last 2 minutes of data), and shows the result as a -1 to 1 number. 1 indicates a strong increase in the value, -1 indicates a strong decrease in the value. 0 indicates no change (or a return to baseline / average) over the last 2 minutes. We use this data in the Meditation Bell workshop.
Full Monitoring - Automatic Measurements
Shows the Automatic versions of some measurements. This graphs the measurements which would be chosen in the feedback drop down on the main menu, such as Average Heart Rate - Auto or Skin Conductance - Auto.
Added a Precise Meditation Bell workshop (in Alive Workshops -> Custom Workshops) that makes use of all of this new data. This feature is designed for advanced users who want to be notified when reaching a precise physiological state. The end result is simple, you can hear two different bell sounds that appear when you reach a certain state. The state is customizable, you can choose the bell to sound when (for example) your heart rate rises while your skin sweat lowers while your smoothness stays high. You can specify the bell to sound when your heart rate is above its recent average by a fixed amount (such as 10 bpm), or using Relative Change that your heart rate is relatively high (by entering 0.75, or 1.0). You can learn more in the Precise Mediation Bell workshop page in Custom Workshops
Fixed issue where Custom Workshops would disappear when using Alive with a different user than Alive was installed with.
Fixed issue with Custom Workshops on very low resolution screens.
Added support for EMG feedback for the Custom Workshops -> Stress Profile.
Improved ease of simultaneous training of heart rate & EMG.
Improved support for non-English languages (including right-to-left languages) in Dual Drive and Custom Workshops.
Added an RR Peak Times.csv save file for each session (if raw data saving is turned on and when used with BioSignals or GP8 Amp sensors).
Added a TIMESTAMPS.csv save file for each session (if raw data saving is turned on and when used with BioSignals or GP8 Amp sensors).
Alive 3.2.8 Released - November 20th, 2019
=== Alive 3.2.8 ===
Sensor alert dialog text no longer overlaps with the title area.
Fix for occasional issues where clicking on a user in the choose user screen would not work.
Fix for Alive freezing on upgrading databases with bad/damaged files.
=== Alive Clinical 3.2.8 ===
You can now pause on one secondary graphing screen, and resume on any other graphing screen.
=== Alive Pioneer 3.2.8 ===
For the GP8 Amp, if Save All Raw Data is turned on, high data rate respiration files are now saved.
For the GP8 Amp switched the default heart rate source to BVP (finger / ear heart rate), as this is more commonly used than ECG heart rate.
You can now change the pacer rate while training respiration. Pressing the +/- buttons in the bottom graphs now hides the respiration rate momentarily, showing the pacer rate instead, so you can change the pacer rate using the +/- buttons as usual.
Improved the line color for the respiration line when using the alternate color scheme in Alive Pioneer.
Improved the scaling of the respiration line in the respiration simple graph.
Toggle buttons in Custom Workshops are now larger, also clicking on an item's text toggles the button.
Fixed bug where if you disabled all items in a Custom Workshop it would disappear from the dropdown list in the main menu of Alive.
Allow connecting any number of BioSignals devices to measure and graph changes in groups of people.
In the Custom Graphs added a BVP Amplitude option in the upper right graph.
For BioSignals changed the default SCL units to 0.1 uSiemens, to make it easier to read SCL values. You can change SCL units for BioSignals in the Alive Clinical Control Panel.
=== Alive Pioneer 3.2 ===
Greatly improved GP8 Amp heart rate signals. It's now easier to get a good signal from the GP8 Amp heart rate sensors regardless of where you put your finger in the sensor.
Fixed issue with temperature calibration for new style GP8 Amps (sold starting April 2019). Relative temperature training was working, but temperature shown was too low (a few degrees lower than the real temperature). If your GP8 Amp has a sticker that says RA Belt or GP-8e+, you have a new style GP8 Amp.
The Alive Environments Fish, Neurons, Petals of Light, Starry Bloom and Valley can now use custom music. To set your own music for these environments copy music files (mp3, wav) into your Documents/Alive Custom Music folder, into the folder with the name of the environment you wish to have custom music for (e.g. Alive Custom Music/Fish).
Fixed issue in Alive for the GP8 Amp where changing BVP between Default and High Sensitivity in the Heart Rate Error alert dialog didn't update the Sensitivity selection in the Choose User page.
When using an iFeel sensor, SpO2 is now available in the Custom Graphs training screen.
=== Alive Clinical 3.2 ===
The Detailed View of Multisession Progress Review has been improved. Graphs such as Min and Max smoothness have been replaced by more useful statistics such as Average Heart Rate. In Pioneer, we can now also see LF/HF Ratio and rMSSD. If we have trained temperature we can also see average temperature over time.
=== Alive 3.2 ===
This update upgrades your Alive Sessions folder, and may take some time to complete if you have a large Alive Sessions folder with many users/sessions.
Changed the way the Alive databases are stored, to have separate databases per user. This makes it easier to move individual users to new computers, and allows for a central network storage for all Alive users, provided any individual user is never open on more than one computer at a time. This way in a large centralized office, clients can choose any computer where Alive is registered and continue training using their user. In addition, from any computer a doctor or clinician can review client data trained from other computers. To use this feature you must set the Session_Storage_Location.txt file in your Program Files (x86)/Alive folder to your Network drive, for example Z:\
Alive now supports right-to-left languages when adding session comments.
Vertical comment text alignment is improved to ensure letters with low hanging lines such p, g and j aren't cut off.
In Graph Training, when Alive is paused, sensor disconnection messages are now hidden, making it easier to add comments and see graphs.
Improved the look of Error Message dialog boxes by increasing the size of the title area of the box.
Added button to reinstall iFeel drivers. This button is shown when opening Alive if you click USB and no devices are found.
Alive now works with upcoming BioSignals 2-channel and 4-channel systems.
=== Alive Clinical 3.1.6 ===
Faster loading of Detailed Session Review (loads approximately 4x faster).
Vertical markers (notes) are the new default in Detailed Session Review. You can set marker text to vertical, horizontal, or even hide the markers with the new 'show all markers' button near the bottom of Detailed Session Review. This also allows you to (optionally) print the graphs without markers.
Fixed rare issue where secondary graphing screens stopped displaying the average smoothness percentage number.
Improved auto-calibration and manual calibration for graph training screens.
=== Alive Pioneer 3.1.6 ===
Added ln(HF) graph to bar graph review.
Fixed issue in the Automated Stress Profile, where if Record Microphone Audio was set to Ask Each Time it would prompt multiple times during the Stress Profile.
Fixed issue with marked section bar graphs view crashing Alive if the window is too small.
=== Alive 3.1.6 ===
Fixed garbled text when moving Alive coach workshops between monitors during a session.
Major improvements in skin conductance training for users of the new BioSignals sensor (new BioSignals sensor with resp, temp, heart rate & skin conductance available soon).
For emWave users added a drop down to disable the signal quality test in the emWave calibration alert. This allows you to complete calibration, and use Alive, even if the signal quality is not high.
=== Alive Pioneer 3.1.2 ===
Alive Pioneer has had major, highly requested, features added. The 5-minute video at https://youtu.be/qRAUztAT8EU will introduce you to these new features and help you improve the ways you use Alive Pioneer. You can also search YouTube for "Alive Pioneer Features" (type the quotes into the search box also) to find this video.
Artifact removal and session editing. You can use the new 'edit session' button to mark areas of the session as artifact data. All session statistics will be recalculated without that marked data. You can also move, add, or delete comment markers. You can revert to the original session data at any time.
Added a new automated Stress Profile workshop with a Stroop Test and Mouse Game. The Stress Profile workshop helps you determine an individual's reaction to stressors. You can find the Stress Profile workshop under Alive Workshops in the new Custom Workshops section.
Starry Bloom, Neurons and Fish added as new Environments.
You can now save the location of multiple graph windows and restore it next time you open Alive. In change graphs click 'save graph layout' to have Alive remember which graphs were open and where they are on the screen. Click 'restore graph layout' any time to restore that layout.
Improved Bar Graph session review for use with the Stress Profile. The Stress Profile contains a baseline, mental math, and other marked sections. In Bar Graph review you can compare average heart rate, RMSSD, and much more for each marked section. Bar graph data is also exported to a .csv file for external analysis.
Improved session printing options and easier printing. Click print in Bar Graph review for bar graph printing options.
Added a new Custom Workshops section where you can add your own audio or text based workshops. Learn more by opening the README.txt file in your new Documents / Alive Custom Workshops folder.
In the Smoothness Spectrum graphs Accumulated Smoothness can now be changed to a per-beat BVP so you can check the BVP signal quality on that screen.
=== Alive 3.1.2 ===
Added Disable Automatic Updates.bat and Enable Automatic Updates.bat to Program Files (x86) / Alive. If you need Alive to not generate any remote internet traffic (which Alive does to check for updates) run Disable Automatic Updates.bat after installing Alive.
Added the ability to encrypt Alive session data using external disk image and encryption tools. You can learn more here: https://www.somaticvision.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6404&sid=2349a...
=== Alive 3.0.3 ===
Minor changes and bug fixes in response to user feedback.
Fixed an issue with Alive Environments music not looping.
Fixed an issue with Petals of Light alert error messages.
Fixed a rare issue with Dual Drive closing on launch.
=== Alive Clinical 3.0.3 ===
Secondary Graphing Screens show a button that allows you to open Detailed Session Review after training. In Alive 3.0.1 this was displayed as a large dialog box. Alive 3.0.3 replaces this dialog box with a less obtrusive 'open detailed session review' button in the upper right corner of all Secondary Graphing Screens.
=== Alive Pioneer 3.0.3 ===
Update the Alive Pioneer User Guide, including additional information on Manual ranging and the new Alive 3 features. To view the user guide, open Alive, then click 'pioneer guide' from the Alive Main Menu.
Increased the maximum times for the Custom Breath Pacer.
Fixed an issue with GP8 Amp registration for new users.
=== Alive 3.0.1 ===
Graph Training now has a "review last session" button available when hovering over "main menu" in Graph Training. This makes it quick to review your session after training.
Greatly improved loading time when entering progress review and single session review for users with many sessions.
Added support for an upcoming new device, the BioSignals HS. The BioSignals HS measures both heart rate and skin conductance, has a 200 samples-per-second data rate, has easily replaceable (detachable) heart rate and skin sweat sensors, and can measure blood volume pulse amplitude.
Fixed incompatibilities with Cyberlink DVD and other software that modifies core Windows components.
Alive uses a higher priority process to gather data from devices to improve performance on slower systems.
=== Alive Clinical 3.0.1 ===
Added 6 free levels from Arcade's Match 3 game (similar to Candy Crush). Open Arcade - Match 3 Basic from the Alive Games menu (this item doesn't show if you have Arcade installed).
Added ability to add session notes in Detailed Session Review using the new notes field on top. All notes are also saved to your Documents/Alive Sessions folder as text files.
Greatly improved printing options in Detailed Session Review. Press the "Print" button to select individual graphs to print, print all graphs to a single page and much more!
Printing now uses the Blue/White color scheme for improved results. This makes graphs far more visible when printed, especially when printing in greyscale.
Added a search box to make it easier to find and open users from a long list.
Secondary Graphing Screens now offer to open Detailed Session Review when you finish recording each session. This allows you to quickly view your last session. You can also use this to keep session review open for reference while continuing training.
Added zoom out/in controls to view more/fewer sessions in multi-session review.
Added a new Clinical Control Panel option to ignore heart rate errors for the Lightstone / IOM.
Saved session ".csv" files now include the type of Device (sensor) used in recording the session.
=== Alive Pioneer 3.0.1 ===
Added Bar Graph Review. Open Bar Graph review from Detailed Session Review. Bar Graph review shows each session segment as a bar (2 minute segments, marker based segments, etc.). This allows easy comparison of sections of a session, such as a stress profile. In Bar Graph review you can easily compare your HRV (or Skin Conductance, etc.) for each training section.
Heart rate statistics, such as AVNN and frequency analysis, are now calculated and displayed for marked segments within a session. When recording a session, if you add markers, such as "Mental Math" you will then be able to see the heart rate statistics for those sections (in addition to statistics for the entire session) in the Heart Rate Analysis section of Detailed Review.
Added a new Custom Graphs screen. In Custom Graphs you can select up to 4 line-graphs of your choice (from a limited selection) to create your own Graph Training screen.
Improved accuracy of power spectrum analysis in Heart Rate Frequency Analysis (entire session review).
Secondary Graphing Screens now have a window title that includes the graphing screen name. This makes it easier to switch between many Graph Training Screens as you can see the graphing screen name when rolling over the icons in the Windows taskbar.
Fixed issue with Arousal - Target Relaxation line displaying inverted in review!
Fixed issue with Respiration belt interfering with breath pacer line in Dual Drive.
Display and review respiration rate when using the GP8 Amp with a respiration belt. Added algorithm to determine breathing (respiration) rate when using the GP8 Amp Respiration Belt.
Added respiration rate line graph in Detailed Session Review for the GP8 Amp.
GP8 Amp is slightly more tolerant of minor finger movement errors. It allows more errors / longer errors before deciding to recalibrate, allowing you to ignore small occasional errors.
GP8 Amp raw data files now include higher resolution timestamps.
=== Alive 2.6.1 ===
Alive is ready for Virtual Reality using Somatic Vision VR. Virtual Reality feedback is stronger and more immersive than traditional feedback. Learn more at www.somaticvision.com/VR
=== Alive Pioneer 2.6.1 ===
Fix for GP8 Amp driver conflict between EMG and 2 Respiration Belt training. If you are having issues training EMG or SCL since Alive 2.6.0, please install this update to fix them.
=== Alive 2.6.0 ===
Alive now works with the new iFeel USB Sensor. This is a very easy to use, 200 samples per second, hospital grade, USB heart rate monitor that measures HRV and SpO2. Learn more at www.somaticvision.com/iFeelUSB
=== Alive Clinical 2.6.0 ===
Improved the iFeel SpO2 review graph.
Added the ability in the Skin Conductance Audio Options to ding when your skin conductance is above any set % to target.
=== Alive Pioneer 2.6.0 ===
Custom Breath Pacer in the Pioneer Control Panel lets you set exact lengths for each breathing phase (in, hold, out, hold).
View Abdominal and Chest respiration simultaneously using the GP8 Amp. Alive now supports using 2 Respiration Belts with the GP8 Amp (open Graph Training -> Respiration Graphs). Purchase additional respiration belts at www.somaticvision.com/AlivePioneerGP8Amp
Option to skip (not record or use for statistics) the first 30 seconds of each session. This feature was requested due to the first 30 seconds of data being a time when users are still getting ready / oriented and have not yet started training. Set this in the Pioneer Control Panel.
Added the ability in all graphs with Audio Options to ding when the measurement is above any set %.
Full Monitoring Graphs now available for emWave and iFeel Sensors. The Full Monitoring Graphs is a Graph Training screen showing almost all Pioneer Measurements on a single screen.
=== Alive 2.5.0 ===
New Weekly Report button in progress review. This is the only view in Alive Home which can be saved by Alive Home as an image. This allows Alive Home users to save a snapshot of their last 10 days of training as an image which can be e-mailed to a clinician for review between meetings. This also provides a convenient view to assess the results of recent training sessions.
Advanced Media Player has now been improved, with the recent release of Advanced Media Player 3.2.1, which now allows you to use YouTube videos and Kindle books as feedback (in addition to DVDs and video files). Alive 2.5 includes an update which strengthens audio feedback for DVDs and video files in Advanced Media Player. Alive now also displays Advanced Media Player's full name in the Alive Games drop-down menu.
=== Alive Clinical 2.5.0 ===
Heart rate power spectrum (the heart rate Frequency Spectrum graph) is now more accurate, due to adding Welch windowing, overlap and other standard processing methods used in research and training.
The Clinical Control panel has been moved to the new "Control Panels" button on the Alive Main Menu. Control Panels includes the Clinical Control Panel, the Pioneer Control Panel and the Breath Pacer Options.
You can now try Alive Pioneer by pressing the Pioneer Control Panel button in Alive Clinical. You have a very limited number of Pioneer trials, and they continue to count down if you open most games or environments, so use your trials carefully.
=== Alive Pioneer 2.5.0 ===
Many new heart rate statistics are now shown in Detailed Session Review including:
Heart rate power spectrum graph for the entire session. Power spectrum is processed with Welch windowing, overlap and other standard processing methods used in HRV research. The power spectrum is processed in a similar manner as Kubios HRV.
AVNN
SDNN
rMSSD
NN50
Total Power
VLF %
LF %
HF %
LF/HF (improved as part of the heart rate power spectrum improvements described above)
Learn more about these heart rate statistics in the Heart Rate Analysis section of the new Alive Pioneer User Guide (page 11). You can open the new Pioneer User Guide from Alive, or download it from www.somaticvision.com/downloads/Alive-Pioneer-Guide.pdf
A Blue / White graph color scheme option is now available. In the Pioneer Control panel (which is now part of the Control Panels button on the Alive Main Menu) you can select the new High Contrast (Blue / White) color scheme. This changes Graph Training and Progress Review graphs to a high contrast color scheme, which is easier to see, especially when printing, and is also more modern. This option also changes the bottom graphs in Graph Training and in some environments.
The Emotion Quadrants graph is now available for emWave and iFeel devices. This graph is part of graph training and was only available to IOM, Lightstone and GP8 Amp users due to it requiring skin conductance data. This graph has been modified to work without skin conductance data (and in the case of emWave without blood volume pulse data) but it is less accurate/responsive, as the arousal measurement used in emotion detection relies only on the slower to change average heart rate measurement when skin conductance data is not available.
The Emotion Quadrants graph now has a Show history button which draws a line as you change emotional states, allowing you to see the entire history of changes of emotional states. At the end of a session before leaving the graph or starting a new session, you may wish to press 'p' on your keyboard to save the emotion graph history, as it cannot be reviewed at a later time.
=== Alive 2.4.0 ===
Alive Home and Clinical can now use Dreamscapes. Dreamscapes is a collection of beautiful environments, creativity games and puzzle games and was available in the past only for use with Alive Pioneer. Now you can use Dreamscapes with Alive Home or Alive Clinical! You can learn more about Dreamscapes and watch the Dreamscapes video at www.somaticvision.com/Dreamscapes
Alive now has a new game Arcade - a mega pack of 25 new games for Alive. Learn more about Arcade and watch the Arcade video at www.somaticvision.com/Arcade
Alive now works with the newest version of Advanced Media Player, which can play YouTube videos, display Kindle books, and supports all Alive Pioneer measurements. Learn more at www.somaticvision.com/AdvancedMediaPlayer
Alive, and all Alive games, can now use the iFeel sensor. Alive, when used with the iFeel sensor, can now review SpO2. Learn more about the iFeel sensor at www.somaticvision.com/iFeel
=== Alive Pioneer 2.4.0 ===
In the Smoothness Spectrum Graphs, the accumulated smoothness graph can now be switched via a drop-down to other graphs such as average heart rate, SCL and others.
GP8 Amp BVP heart rate is easier to configure. In the calibration message you can now switch from low to high sensitivity. In addition the calibration message has additional important troubleshooting information if you have poor signal quality.
=== Alive 2.3.0.9 ===
Text is now larger for 4K monitors and high pixel density monitors where Alive text was very small.
Alive now asks if you want to quit when Alive Graphs, Valley or Petals of Light are closed during session recording.
Fixed rare issue with documents folder path name for English versions of Windows with non-English character user names.
=== Alive Pioneer 2.3.0.9 ===
Fixed issue with training valence while smoothness was set to HeartMath coherence mode.
=== Alive GP8 Amp 2.3.0.9 ===
GP8 Amp BVP is now more reliable when used to measure BVP from the fingers. If you were using the GP8 Amp to measure BVP from the ear, choose High Sensitivity / Ear from the BVP drop down on the user selection menu that appears when you first open Alive.
You can now purchase a Respiration Belt (to measure breathing) for the GP8 Amp from http://www.somaticvision.com/AlivePioneerGP8Amp
Alive bottom graphs now include a yellow respiration line showing breathing when the Respiration Belt is used.
EMG now has an optional 40Hz filter to remove a substantial amount of the heart rate artifacts that occur when training EMG across the mid-line of the body (for example when training both shoulders, both sides of the forehead, etc.). Turn this 40hz filter on/off in the EMG Graphs. Once on, it applies even when not displaying an EMG graph.
You can now train with two heart rate sources by selecting a User 2 heart rate source from the main menu. This allows you to compare GP8 Amp ECG with BVP from the GP8 Amp or an iFeel Heart Rate Sensor. You can train 2 users at the same time, watching if their heart rate or smoothness changes are synchronized, or have them cooperate to succeed in Dual Drive. You can also compare ECG and BVP signals from one user in this way. You can only train two heart rate sources using graphs labeled "- 2 User" and in Dual Drive.
Fixed issue that prevented disabling ECG/BVP errors through the Clinical Control Panel.
Fixed issue where saving raw data did not save ECG, BVP and IBI. Added additional types of BVP raw data for analysis.
Fixed issues with secondary graphs not updating correctly when the Heart Rate Source was changed in the Alive Main Menu.
Added support and improvements for the upcoming iFeel Bluetooth Heart Rate Sensor.
=== Alive 2.3.0 ===
General fixes and improvements.
Added two new GP8 Amp Respiration Graph Training screens. A new respiration belt (that measures breathing) will be available shortly for the GP8 Amp. These new screens work with or without the respiration belt.
=== Alive 2.2.6 ===
Greatly reduced CPU usage in Graph Training.
Minor fixes.
Prepared Alive to work with new versions of Advanced Media Player.
=== Alive 2.2.6 Clinical / Pioneer ===
Greatly reduced CPU usage for Secondary Graph Training Screens. Secondary Graph Training Screens were causing severe slowing of Somatic Vision games on some computers.
Added alert for no batteries / empty batteries for GP8 Amp.
=== Alive 2.2.4 ===
The Graph Training button now appears on the left side of the Alive Main Menu when using Alive with an emWave sensor.
Minor fixes and improvements to some alert messages and dialog text.
=== Alive Pioneer 2.2.4 ===
Updated GP8 Amp driver for Alive.
Advanced Media Player shows as registered (if it has been registered) when Alive is opened with a GP8 Amp connected.
=== Alive 2.2.3 ===
Improved Alive speed and reduced resource usage.
Alive no longer uses Unity Web Player, and therefore works well on computers without Internet connections.
New professional Male voice for all Coach Audio Workshops. This greatly improves the Coach Audio Workshops.
You can now drive a pink car in Dual Drive! Choose the added pink color option.
Added new harder difficulty level 'Max'.
Larger font size for most Alive text.
Improved marker system to not add duplicate markers. Fixed a bug that cut off marker text near the beginning or end of sessions.
Added 'Loading Alive' message before the Alive loading screen with logo appears, so it is clear that Alive is opening.
Added 'Please Wait' message during registration when processing.
Can now disable auto-update system by pressing 'never' when asked if you want to update. If 'never' is pressed Alive will no longer attempt to access the Internet at all.
Many major and minor improvements and bug fixes.
=== Alive Clinical and Pioneer 2.2.3 ===
Added new Pioneer version of Alive. Alive Pioneer is a more fully featured version of Alive Clinical. Pioneer has many new feedback options, such as: training Average Heart Rate, Automatically Ranged Skin Conductance or BVP Amplitude with any environment or game. Pioneer also includes new graphs, new Pioneer environments, emotion detection, the ability to open an unlimited number of graphing screens, as well as new audio breath pacer options. Learn more at: www.somaticvision.com/AlivePioneerIOM
Pressing the keyboard key 'p' opens a print dialog on any review page or graphing screen in Alive.
Added new beautiful environments Valley and Petals of Light to Alive Clinical and Pioneer.
Added new game (sold separately) Dreamscapes for Alive Pioneer.
People with an IOM or Lightstone with broken or worn out Skin Conductance sensors can now keep using Alive. An added Clinical Control Panel option allows you to ignore the Skin Conductance check and continue to train with heart rate, smoothness, etc. and use Alive normally.
Coach workshops, such as Progressive Muscle Relaxation, can now be trained using any feedback, not just heart rate smoothness.
Secondary graphing screens now allow you to set smoothness difficulty under 'close / options'. This lets you change smoothness difficulty while training to more easily choose the best difficulty level.
Fixed SCL Max issue.
Can now choose which Alive version to launch by using the Alive Standard.bat (Alive Home), Alive Clinical.bat and Alive Pioneer.bat files in the Program Files (x86)/Alive folder.
=== Alive 1.8.4 ===
Updates Alive to work with Advanced Media Player, a new Alive add-on that allows you to train with DVDs and movies.
Learn more at www.somaticvision.com/AdvancedMediaPlayer
Download a free trial at www.somaticvision.com/trial.php?P=V
=== Alive Clinical 1.8.4 ===
Improved ranging for the skin conductance graph.
=== Alive Clinical 1.8.3 ===
Fixed issue where non English letters in the user name created problems during importing and exporting users.
Added a new Autorange button to the Frequency Spectrum graph in Accumulated and Spectral graphs. Press Autorange if all of the frequencies are too high or too low. Pressing Autorange will zoom the graph to fit the bars.
=== Alive 1.8.3 ===
Prepares Alive for use with the upcoming new version of Tropical Heat.
Provides a fix for users who were having trouble with Unity Web Player issues.
Includes corrections to workshop and coach text. The audio workshops had some bad characters in some of the text.
=== Alive Clinical 1.8.2 ===
Save an image for printing or review by pressing "p" while in graph training, graph review, or the orientation.
Image capture saves to Documents/Alive Image Capture.
Send markers to Alive using our Alive Marker Interface (requires basic programming knowledge), allowing E-Prime or other tools to synchronize with Alive graphs by marking events. If you need to send markers to Alive please examine the demo: www.somaticvision.com/downloads/public/AliveSendMarkerDemo.zip
=== Alive 1.8.2 ===
Improved visibility of graph training and review.
Minor bug fixes and improvements.
=== Alive 1.8 ===
This update is larger than most updates (~200 MB) as Alive 1.8 is a major rewrite which uses an updated graphics engine.
THIS UPDATE IS REQUIRED TO USE THE LATEST VERSION OF TROPICAL HEAT.
General increase in performance and stability.
Fixed bug when Alive crashed when used with certain video cards.
Fixed bug with Alive intro video not playing on certain video cards.
Fixed bug where on some computers it was impossible to select a mini-game when shown the mini-game list on the Alive main menu.
Many minor bug fixes.
Alive workshops text updated where needed to match audio.
=== Alive Clinical 1.8 ===
ADDED NEW IMPORT/EXPORT USERS FEATURE. Now you can transfer individual users to another computer or export infrequent users to a backup location.
Standardized SCL measurements in SCL graphing screen to show 3 significant figures where appropriate.
=== Alive 1.6.4 ===
Added support for new emWave 2 hardware.
Fixed bug with audio environments in Windows XP.
=== Alive 1.6.3.1 ===
Tropical Heat for Alive registration improvements.
=== Tropical Heat for Alive 1.6.2 ===
Alive can now be used with Somatic Vision's new Tropical Heat Jet Ski Racing game.
Tropical Heat takes you to the island of your dreams!
The sparkling sea, beautiful sunsets, lush foliage and splashing dolphins become your world.
Customizing your character: Choose a man or a woman and then select your skin color, swimsuit, hair style, sunglasses and the Jet Ski of your choice.
Tropical Heat lets you enjoy a pleasure cruise or surf 20-feet waves:
Get big air off of waves and ramps. Then perform amazing Jet Ski stunts: Pull off a handstand, Superman, roll, or flip in the air!
— or —
Choose leisurely enjoyment — the stunning sunsets, refreshing tropical rain, and Luau-style nightlife.
Fun animated tricks, a beautiful interactive ocean, and customizable characters makes this game a hit for both genders.
Super easy to extreme difficulty makes the game playable by all ages and skill levels.
Learn breathing and heart rate control as you play, using the breath pacer animations that are integrated into Tropical Heat.
The longer you play Tropical Heat, the more fun it becomes. Discover amazing new stunts, tricks and combinations, and rack up in-game achievement
medals for special tasks.
Start Tropical Jet Ski from the Alive Main Menu Games list.
If you have not yet purchased Tropical Heat from your reseller it starts in a 20-use free trial.
=== Alive Clinical 1.6.2 ===
The optimal breathing determination when using breaths per minute is now a more standard protocol. Optimal breathing is determined, when set to breaths per minute, using the following sequence: 6.5 breaths per minute, 6, 5.5, 5, 4.5. The seconds per breath protocol has not changed, and includes both faster and slower possible optimal breathing speeds.
=== Alive 1.6.2 ===
Tropical Jet Ski is now available as an Add-on game in the Alive Main Menu Games list.
Spoon bending is now available from the main menu games drop down.
A variety of minor fixes and increases in Alive stability.
=== Alive Clinical 1.6.1 ===
Always Unlock - Now in the clinical control panel you can choose to always unlock new users directly to the main menu, skipping the coach orientation. To do this set Unlock Main Menu to Always. To unlock the main menu only for one user set Unlock Main Menu to Unlock Now for This User. Leaving Unlock Main Menu on Manually (the default) shows new users the coach orientation (introduction) unless you manually unlock the main menu by setting it to Unlock Now for This User.
=== Alive 1.6.1 ===
Breath Pacer Graph - A new graph is available in graph training, the breath pacer graph. This graph shows the breathing animation, and a line showing the breath pacer. Press the hide button to hide the breathing animation and only show the breath pacer line.
=== Alive Clinical 1.6 ===
Breaths Per Minute Option: In the clinical control panel you can now change the breath pacer to breaths per minute, which is much more familiar to clinicians.
New Optimal Breathing Speed Protocol: The optimal breathing speed protocol has been improved dramatically. The protocol in the clinical version of Alive is now 2 minutes per breathing rate, and has a note displayed in-between each segment to take a little break and breathe normally. At the end of the protocol optimal breathing speed is automatically determined by heart rate range (Max-Min per cycle), but smoothness and other requested frequency based characteristics are also graphed. This new protocol goes (in breaths per minute) 8, 7, 6.5, 6, 5.5. If after 5.5 breaths per minute the optimal speed so far is 5.5, then the protocol continues, checking if 4.5 is optimal. If 4.5 is optimal it also tests if 4 is optimal and then displays the results.
You can now review your last Optimal Breathing results by going back to the Optimize Breath Pacer item from the Alive Workshops in the main menu.
Graph scaling when changing the x-scale on a graph has been improved to keep the data centered so it is easy to change scale without losing the line.
Minor fixes for the Half Life 2 mod (emWave version only).
=== Alive 1.6 ===
Added Smoothness graph to Graph Training.
The heart rate graphs in Graph Training are now scalable using the sliders on the outside of the graphs.
Improved emWave Coherence (emWave version only).
Minor fixes for Particle Editor and Inner Tube.
Improved Dual Drive player ordering (1st place, 2nd place, etc.).
Particle Editor and Inner Tube now appear at the bottom of the Environments and Games lists.
=== Alive 1.5.6 ===
This Alive update allows our separate (original) products, Particle Editor and Inner Tube, to work as Alive games. This means that they launch from Alive, and sessions are recorded in Alive. Also people using the clinical version of Alive can set SCL parameters for training using these games. Particle Editor is a series of (depending on the device) 100 environments, and also allows you to create custom biofeedback environments. Inner Tube is our original space ship game, has 100 levels divided between 4 packs, and can be played on manual pilot (like Dual Drive). Particle Editor and Inner Tube must be purchased separately, unless you already own these products, in which case this update will allow them to work with Alive (separate download required, follow the instructions in Alive).
There is now a "last 3 sessions" statistic. This lets you see if you are improving over time, for example if you have a 30% smoothness average, but last 3 sessions average is 50%, you are increasing your smoothness!
A new intro video, explaining Alive, now plays when you start a new user or repeat the orientation (repeat orientation button from the Alive main menu).
For users of Alive for emWave the speed of the coherence / smoothness changes is improved, and you can now chose to use either the HeartMath emWave coherence algorithms or the Somatic Vision smoothness algorithms (upgrade to Alive for emWave buy purchasing the Dual Compatibility Upgrade from www.somaticvision.com). Half Life 2, which can be made to work with emWave for Alive (press the install half life 2 button from the Alive main menu when using the emWave hardware), has also been improved.
=== Alive Clinical 1.5.6 ===
Inner Tube and Particle Editor can both be used for SCL training, as well as combined HRV & SCL training. You can install trial copies of the games from the Alive main menu.
=== Alive 1.5.5.1 ===
Added support for the emWave sensor. The emWave sensor is an ear-clip (or finger sensor) made by HeartMath. The ear-clip allows you to have both hands free, opening up additional possibilites for future uses of Alive. Alive can now connect with either the Wild Divine or emWave sensors, depending on which is connected when you start Alive. Alive for emWave does not require emWave PC to be open in the background.
If you own Alive for Wild Divine, and an emWave sensor, and want to also use Alive for the emWave sensor, you will need to purchase the "Alive Dual Compatibility Upgrade" from the Alive products page at www.somaticvision.com. If you have recently purchased the emWave version of Alive and want to also use a Wild Divine IOM or Lightstone you will also need to purchase the same Alive Dual Compatibility Upgrade.
=== Alive 1.5.4 ===
Added heart rate smoothness difficulty selection to the Alive Main Menu. You can now train with Alive at 5 different difficulty levels. If you find it easy to smooth your heart rate variability at Alive's Standard setting, you can set the difficulty to any of 3 new levels of increasing difficulty. If Standard is too difficult, you can set the difficulty level to Easy. You can change the difficulty on the main menu, once you have completed the Orientation.
Fixed issue with Alive 1.5.3 where the default difficulty was set to Easy for new users. Now the default heart rate smoothness difficulty is correctly set to Standard.
Improved general stability of Alive including many minor bug fixes.
=== Alive Clinical 1.5.4 ===
Now all SCL data is saved to .scl files for all sessions to allow for detailed post analysis of SCL.
=== Alive 1.5.3 ===
Heart rate errors are now shown as red lines in the heart rate line graph.
Further improvements to heart rate error detection algorithms to reduce errors.
Alive now works on low resolution displays down to 800x600 pixels.
=== Alive Clinical 1.5.3 ===
Skin conductance graphs in Alive Environments now shows the session length.
=== Alive 1.5.2 ===
Bug fixes and improvements in heart rate error detection. Heart rate errors are now much less common, due to improved processor management and improved algorithms. This update dramatically reduces the number of heart rate errors, and is highly recommended to install.
Reduced RAM requirements for Streaming Water environment.
Improved Alive display on low-resolution monitors.
=== Alive Clinical 1.5.2 ===
Added skin conductance graphs to Alive Environments and Mini-Games. These graphs are similar to the graphs shown in Dual Drive when training skin conductance.
=== Alive 1.5.0 ===
Check out the new YouTube Alive video tutorials! The video tutorials, along with other useful information are posted at the Somatic Vision forum. Go to www.somaticvision.com and click "Forum" in the top bar. Click the "Tips & Tricks for SV Games & Environments" forum then the "Alive Video Tutorials" topic.
This is a major new update, bringing skin conductance training to all environments and mini-games in Alive Clinical. You can set skin conductance under the new feedback drop down in Alive Clinical. When choosing a mini-game or environment in skin conductance mode you will first be taken to the skin conductance graph training screen, where you can set starting and target skin conductance values. We also recommend using two screens for skin conductance training, using the clinical two screen training option, so that you can continue to adjust skin conductance parameters while training. It is possible to use two screen training with only one monitor, and simply switch back and forth between the windows as needed.
Added review mode where you can review sessions without having the Lightstone or IOM finger sensors attached to your computer. To use review mode go to Start Menu -> Program Files -> Alive for Wild Divine -> Alive Review Mode - No Finger Sensors.
Added new Streaming Water environment.
Fixed issue where Alive did not work on computers where the user's documents directory was stored on a network drive.
Added a link to the Trouble Breathing Slowly exercise to the main menu.
Changed mini-games so that you never lose points (play count).
Progress review now contains additional details for all sessions, to make it easier to find a particular session.
=== Alive Clinical 1.5.0 ===
Can choose to train with heart rate smoothness or skin conductance for all mini-games and environments.
Added clinical control panel button to main menu.
Secondary graphing screen can now switch between graphs during session recording.
Changed the color of the skin conductance graph SCL % to target bar from red to blue. Filling in this bar shows more blue making it more obvious this is increased relaxation.
=== Alive 1.0.2.2 ===
Improved heart rate detection algorithm.
Errors in reading heart rate from cold hands, movement, or sensor disconnection are now shown in a new alert message that appears at the top of the screen. This does not stop or interfere with game play or session recording. Heart rate errors are also shown in red when reviewing individual sessions (heart rate and smoothness lines turn from orange to red where a heart rate error occurred in single session review).
Fixed auto-update system errors found on some Windows 7 machines.
=== Clinical 1.0.2.2 ===
You can now choose a heart rate smoothness difficulty level in the clinical version through the clinical control panel (press the backquote key "`"). The prior difficulty level (the level at which Alive was training before difficulty levels were introduced) is now called Standard. There is one easier level and three harder levels now available. The session statistics do not change based on changes in difficulty level, but you can see what difficulty level a session was set at during session review. When changing a user's difficulty levels make sure this does not cause the user to hyperventilate with the strain of increasing their heart rate smoothness.
You can now turn off all coach suggestions through the clinical control panel (`).
You can now change the BVP Graph timescale and location by dragging the sliders above the BVP graph in the BVP graphing screen (similar to the SCL graph training sliders).
Fixed some bugs with using the secondary screen graph display. To open the secondary graph screen open the clinical control panel (`) then press "Launch secondary graphing screen". This will let you add comments while, for instance a client plays Dual Drive, and also lets you pause session recording.
Fixed a bug where exiting SCL graph training while music feedback was on caused crash.
=== Alive 1.0.2.1 ===
Dramatically improved heart rate detection. You will probably notice smoother heart rate patterns after this update. In the past, due to the sampling rate provided by the Wild Divine hardware, the heart rate could sometimes be 1-2 beats per minute off from the true value. This caused occasional problems with older users whose total heart rate changes were low (around 5 beats per minute), making it seem like the heart rate was not smooth even if it was smooth. The heart rate is now almost ECG accurate under optimal conditions and should work even on users with a 3 beat per minute total variability.
Delete user button now working (button was broken and did not let you delete users).
Added a main menu Coach Suggestion button that brings up the main menu coach suggestion window. This way you can see the coach suggestion window as many times per day as you want, or change your mind if you ask to not have a suggestion for a week (if you pressed self guided this week).
Added detection for removal of the middle finger sensor. Removing the middle sensor will show a flat-line heart rate.
Added low resolution video option for Alive Environments and Mini-Games. Some of the Alive Environments and Mini-Games played slowly on older computers, or computers without dedicated 3d graphics cards. From the Alive Environments or Mini-Games top menu go to Choose Display => Use Smaller Videos to Speed Playback to dramatically help improve system performance if you notice any performance issues. At the end of video playback, when the video loops back to the beginning, if low performance was detected you will be notified in the bottom right corner of the Environment or Mini-Game.
Added new BVP graph in the graph training section to show the raw pulse signal. If you are getting heart rate readings that seem incorrect, or want to check on the signal quality, make sure there are clear spikes and a heart rate number shown in the BVP graph each time your heart beats.
=== Clinical 1.0.2.1 ===
Added individual session export to Kubios HRV. Kubios HRV is free to download from http://kubios.uku.fi/ and lets you run additional, research grade, statistical analysis on Alive HRV (smoothness) sessions. Alive Kubios export .txt files are stored in Documents/Alive Sessions/User Name.
Added session export to Excel .csv for review in Excel. In the clinician screen there is now a button to export all sessions to a .csv. In addition each new session recorded after this update automatically exports a .csv file you can open in Excel. There will soon be Excel templates that will automatically create session graphs for both single sessions and multi-session review. Meanwhile you can still open the .csv data and create graphs manually. CSV files are stored in Documents/Alive Sessions/User Name.
The breath pacer can now be reduced to 4.5 seconds per breath. This speed is not optimal for smoothing heart rate, but can be useful for kids or adults who are uncomfortable breathing at 7.5 seconds per breath. Over time it is recommended to guide users to at least a 7.5 seconds per breath pacer speed, but it may be useful to start at 4.5 and increase the pacer count over time.
In Graph Training you can now type a comment and press enter to add it. You can also still press the plus button to add a comment.
Fixed a crash where adding quotes to a session comment prevented review of the session. Although this is fixed we still don't recommend adding special characters to session comments, just in case.
Fixed a crash with Dual Drive in SCL mode.
=== Alive 1.0.2.0 ===
THIS IS A VERY LARGE UPDATE AS IT CONTAINS AUDIO RECORDINGS OF MANY ALIVE WORKSHOPS!
Take your time and relax and listen to the new Alive Workshops.
The following Alive Workshops now have voice over:
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Mindfulness of the Breath
Mindfulness of Thoughts
5-Minute Daily Break
Safe Place
The following Alive Workshops now have voice over and music:
Relax Your Muscles (Short Progressive Muscle Relaxation)
Advanced Breathing
Letting Go
Body Scan
Zoom Out
Finding Gratitude and Trust
=== Alive 1.0.1.9 ===
Added ability for autoupdater to show this change log when asking to update.
Dual Drive can now be played multiplayer over a local area network and can be played multiplayer online (to host a multiplayer Dual Drive game over the internet can require special configuration).
Added Delete User button in select user screen.
Removed heart rate error markers from review graphs.
Fixed bug where some sessions did not show their values in the progress report.
Fixed bug where some sessions did not open.
=== Clinical 1.0.1.9 ===
Added Clinical Version manual PDF file to Alive shortcuts (Program Files -> Alive for Wild Divine -> Alive Clinical Version User Guide PDF).
Fixed bug where some sessions could not be reviewed in Clinical View.
New statistics shown for each marker added in single session Clinical View. Now in graph mode you can add markers, such as mental math, and see how the heart rate smoothness, or other measurements, changed during the period between markers.
Skin conductance graphing autoranging is fixed.
Skin conductance graphing manual zooming of the y-axis (skin conductance axis) is improved.
Removed heart rate error markers from Clinical View review graphs.
Improved Axis labels and lines system. This improves axis labels and lines for graph training, and both single and multi-session (progress report) Clinical Views. Axis labels now choose clean whole numbers, or sensible fractions such as 0.5 or 0.25. Axis labels used to subdivide evenly between the minimum and maximum value. For example a graph that had a minimum of 1.37 and a maximum of 5.81 used to show labels and lines at 1.37, 2.48, 3.59, 4.7 and 5.81 but, for example, would now have them placed at 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0.
=== Alive 1.0.1.7 ===
Improved autoupdate system.
Increased thickness of graph training lines and made all axis labels more transparent to avoid obscuring the line.
=== Clinical 1.0.1.7 ===
Improved graph training screens.
Skin conductance graph training auto-scrolls.
Can now hide and show various elements of the skin conductance graph training.
Improved clinical view of multi-session review. Loading is now much faster for users with many sessions recorded.
=== Alive 1.0.1.6 improvements over the Alive Beta release ===
Improvements listed here include all changes from Alive 0.9.9.5
Many improvements to the Coach introduction.
Fixed Alive Environments heart rate graphs. These did not vary as much as they should have vertically on any computers, and even sometimes did not report correct heart rate on slower computers.
Added 2 new Environments: Power Vine and Incoming Tide
Added 1 new Mini Game: Golden Sunrise
Changed maximum breath pacer speed to 15 seconds per breath for very slow breathers (most people do not need such slow breathing). If you want to see if your optimal breathing speed is higher than 11 seconds per breath, run the optimal breathing speed test again.
Fixed error on some systems where returning to Alive main menu, instead of showing the menu the screen is blue and empty.
Updated manual with lots of new techniques. For maximum benefit, please print the manual and follow the eight-week program!
Added many new coach workshops.
Heart rate smoothness now moves slower when going from even to uneven to give you a chance to recover.
Smoothed breath pacer and increased time where you are transitioning between in and out breaths for more comfortable breathing at faster speeds.
Dual Drive graph backgrounds are partially transparent so you can see your car through them and navigate more easily.
=== Clinical 1.0.1.6 improvements over the Alive Beta release ===
Improvements listed here include all changes from Alive 0.9.9.5
To try clinical options go to Coach Workshops -> Graph Training and open the 2nd or 3rd graph, this will allow you to test the new clinical mode and decide whether or not to upgrade (upgrade available at somaticvision.com).
Added new advanced user control panel. You can now press "`" (backquote) to open a window allowing you to unlock the main menu or reset user stats.
Added detailed review for clinicians to see review graphs of all recorded data for any single session or progress report, including heart rate and skin sweat based measurements. To open the detailed review click more info when viewing a progress report or individual session.
Added new skin conductance graph with audio feedback.
Added two new heart rate graph training modes.
