Fireblade
20-02-2008, 20:11
Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone.
A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year!
"It picks up electrical activity from the brain, and sends wireless signals to a computer" said Tan Le, president of US/Australian firm Emotiv.
"It allows the user to manipulate a game or virtual environment naturally and intuitively", she added.
The $299 headset has a gyroscope to detect movement and has wireless capabilities to communicate with a USB dongle plugged into a computer.
The Emotiv said the headset could detect more than 30 different expressions, emotions and actions!
They include 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) :eek:
Gamers are able to move objects in the world just by thinking of the action.
It sounds very impressive, I'm sure you'll agree :cool:
Read more about it on the BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7254078.stm) website ;)
A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year!
"It picks up electrical activity from the brain, and sends wireless signals to a computer" said Tan Le, president of US/Australian firm Emotiv.
"It allows the user to manipulate a game or virtual environment naturally and intuitively", she added.
The $299 headset has a gyroscope to detect movement and has wireless capabilities to communicate with a USB dongle plugged into a computer.
The Emotiv said the headset could detect more than 30 different expressions, emotions and actions!
They include 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) :eek:
Gamers are able to move objects in the world just by thinking of the action.
It sounds very impressive, I'm sure you'll agree :cool:
Read more about it on the BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7254078.stm) website ;)