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No matter how hard you try, your mind can't bend a spoon or channel the powers of a Jedi knight. Thanks to a new headset under development by neuroengineering company Emotiv Systems, however, you may soon be able to do this and more via the magic of video games.

By the end of this year, San Francisco–based Emotiv's sensor-laden EPOC headset will enable gamers to use their own brain activity to interact with the virtual worlds where they play. The $299 headset's 14 strategically placed head sensors are at the ends of what look like stretched, plastic fingers that detect patterns produced by the brain's electrical activity. These neural signals are then narrowed down and interpreted in 30 possible ways as real-time intentions, emotions or facial expressions that are reflected in virtual world characters and actions in a way that a joystick or other type of controller could not hope to match.

REST HERE - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=head-games-video-controller-brain

Some pretty cool stuff



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Is this old news I don't remember reading it here



"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."

Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist. Especially if you think the moon landing was faked.


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Nope, firts tiem I read about that Kenzo.

Looks Nice... It can have good aplicattions



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You all really should read this.



"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."

Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist. Especially if you think the moon landing was faked.


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but...I can already bend spoons with my mind



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looks pretty cool. first step towards getting rid of all other types of computer input devices.



Interesting... Not the first time neurologists have ventured into gaming. I believe Sega experimented with brain implants that allowed you to play games within your own mind. I heard this from a friend. Sega canceled the project because it was far too addicting and when you played the mind games, you lost all sense of time and reality around you.

Still an interesting idea and could have great applications to gaming. I wonder which console this will appear on first....



The real question is: Can we get this brain controller to work just like a gamepad? Because while the possibilities brain control gives are potentially limitless...so sue me I want to play TF2 with my brain.



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BenKenobi88 said:
The real question is: Can we get this brain controller to work just like a gamepad? Because while the possibilities brain control gives are potentially limitless...so sue me I want to play TF2 with my brain.

I would hope you already do use you brain to play TF2 !

Seriously though these kinds of devices have been about for a little while and slowly they've creeped closer to being realized as having gaming potential. Its kind of cool to see how they've progressed and if you're interested I posted this a while back:

 

 

 Who knows...maybe NeuroSky will merge with CNET and become.../drumroll ............ NeruoC ... what did you think I was gonna say?

 

 



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