Brain-Controlled Video Game Headset
The Wiimote has nothing on this controller.
An engineering firm called Emotiv has developed a neruo-headset which interprets neuron interactions in the brain. The headset uses a technology known as non-invasive Electroencephalography (EEG) to sense electrical impulses from the brain. Electroencephalography has been used in medical practices for almost 100 years but has only come to be used to explore brain computer interfaces since the 1970s.
According to Tan Le, president of US/Austrailian firm Emotiv,
“It picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends wireless signals to a computer. It allows the user to manipulate a game or virtual environment naturally and intuitively.”
“Emotiv is a neuro-engineering company and we’ve created a brain computer interface that reads electrical impulses in the brain and translates them into commands that a video game can accept and control the game dynamically.”
The headset controller will be used to create a more realistic interaction between gamers and the games. The Headset can sense over 30 different types of emotions, actions, and expressions such as excitement, meditation, tension and frustration; facial expressions such as smile, laugh, wink, shock (eyebrows raised), anger (eyebrows furrowed); and cognitive actions such as push, pull, lift, drop and rotate (on six different axis).
Le stated,
“This is the first headset that doesn’t require a large net of electrodes, or a technician to calibrate or operate it and does require gel on the scalp,” she said. “It also doesn’t cost tens of thousands of dollars.”
“The headset could be used to improve the realism of emotional responses of AI characters in games. If you laughed or felt happy after killing a character in a game then your virtual buddy could admonish you for being callous.”
The Wiimote has nothing on this.
Emotiv is working with IBM to develop the technology for uses in “strategic enterprise business markets and virtual worlds.” The headset features a gyroscope to detect movement and has wireless capabilities to communicate with a USB dongle plugged into a computer. It is expected to ship later this year and cost $299.
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