Gamers — Play With Your Brain, Not Hands
February 20, 2008 | by Christopher Nickson
A new headset hitting the market this year picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends signals to your computer.
In one of those the-future-is-becoming-a-science-fiction-novel moments, we’ll soon be able to play video games and control our computers with our thoughts. Emotiv, a US/Australian company has developed the wireless headset that detects over 30 different expressions, actions and emotions, according to the BBC.
Essentially, the headset uses an electroencephalograph (EEG) to read neural activity. Tan Le, president of Emotiv, says that the “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."
Wait, you might say, there have been headsets before that do similar things. That’s true, but this is aimed specifically at gamers, doesn’t require ugly science hair gel or electrodes – and costs $299, not thousands.
The company says gamers will be able to move objects in a virtual world just by thinking about it. The headset will be able to pick up and distinguish between different facial expressions the gamer makes and transfer them onto the virtual world avatar. It even has a gyroscope that can detect movement.
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