Games controlled by your brain - coming soon!

Kristoph · 20 Feb 2008 at 10:11

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7254078.stm

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.

The Epoc technology can be used to give authentic facial expressions to avatars of gamers in virtual worlds. For example, if the player smiles, winks, grimaces the headset can detect the expression and translate it to the avatar in game.

It can also read emotions of players and translate those to the virtual world. "The headset could be used to improve the realism of emotional responses of AI characters in games," said Ms Le.

"If you laughed or felt happy after killing a character in a game then your virtual buddy could admonish you for being callous," she explained.

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).

Gamers are able to move objects in the world just by thinking of the action.

West · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:26

Wasn't there a thread on this a month or two back?

Still damn cool none the less

gjrc · 20 Feb 2008 at 11:48

hmmm so far off being workable imho.

peet · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:15

gjrc said:
hmmm so far off being workable imho.

Nope - it's going on sale later this year zomg111!!!oneone11

delta555 · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:43

Should be fantastic if they can use that with Star Wars. Force powers mapped to brain functions. Woo.

Antar Bolaeisk · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:45

Wouldn't there be a stupid amount of train in time with it as not everybodys' brain works the same way?

Snakedoctor · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:45

delta555 said:
Should be fantastic if they can use that with Star Wars. Force powers mapped to brain functions. Woo.

Welshy · 20 Feb 2008 at 12:49

I'll believe it when I see it.

Zogger · 20 Feb 2008 at 13:14

I'll believe it when I think it and it happens.

Nah I don't think it would actually be that difficult to do 'thought power' as long as you've got the time to train up. I was just thinking the other day how good audiosurf could be with mind control.

I'm not sure why the article puts so much emphasis on the emotional aspect. Seems like the bbc are doing their usual 'everyone plays second life' thing?

Wang Computer · 20 Feb 2008 at 13:47

I'm sorry but did I miss something or are games already controlled by your brain (with the exception of World of Warcraft (controlled by nervous twitches))?

The Dread Pirate · 20 Feb 2008 at 14:00

Argh! The game.... it's Inside my head ARGH!!!!! *thud*

PixelChef · 20 Feb 2008 at 14:00

This could be interestng indeed.

Wang Computer said:
I'm sorry but did I miss something or are games already controlled by your brain (with the exception of World of Warcraft (controlled by nervous twitches))?

Through your hands yes but not directly by your brain, if that's what you mean? WoW contolled by nervous twitches? :confused:

Le_Petit_Lapin · 20 Feb 2008 at 14:40

oL said:
WoW contolled by nervous twitches?

Hurrr......must grind more......

*Taken from personal experience. I re-subbed last night.

PixelChef · 20 Feb 2008 at 14:51

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Hurrr......must grind more......

*Taken from personal experience. I re-subbed last night.

rofl, don't remind me. I spent endless hours grinding for rank14 and exalted with Cenarion for earthstrike, only for them to be replaced by superior greens obtained from 5 minute quests.

THE PAIN.