| TallSilhouette said: Interesting. The marketing for that product makes it seem rather sketchy, but if genuine and reliable I could see the pro gamer scene adopting it. The technology behind it seems somewhat similar (if more niche) to what Facebook has invested a billion dollars into with CTRL Labs: This is currently the most promising wearable I've seen demonstrated in the real world with lots of potential use cases (VR controllers, for example). Most of the EEG headband type devices have been reduced in real world application to New Age 'mindfulness' and meditation garbage. |
Bold: that's a real shame, because there's a lot more potential in this technology than just that...
The CTRL video is very nice, and the best part is that it's three years old, so there must've been some good advancements in this time. Also, after watching that video I've found one use of the technology that I'd be more than willing to pay for if the price was reasonable. It may sound silly, because it's a bit 'meh' compared to all the things that could potentially be done, but the ability to type without a keyboard would be awesome for me, specially if it could be done while being at a certain distance from the device, or just not right in front of it.
And in the gaming space, this could be a game changer for VR, to the extent that it could even make it reach mass-market appeal (with a reasonable price, of course). It could be the future of gaming, in fact: a 100% inmersive world all around you without any cables or controllers becoming the standard way to play games. That would still be a very long way from where we are now, but one pretty much worth walking, in my opinion.
I'm mostly a lurker now.
