Gamers may soon control action with thoughts...
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Someday soon, video gamers may be able to use their heads, literally, to get better scores in their games.
At least two start-ups have developed technology that monitors a player's brain waves and uses the signals to control the action in games. They hope it will enable game creators to immerse players in imaginary worlds that they can control with their thoughts instead of their hands.
San Jose's NeuroSky has been testing prototypes of its system that uses a sensor-laden headband to monitor brain waves, and then uses the signals to control the interaction in video games. They hope that such games are just the beginning of a mind-machine interface with many different applications.
Sensors in the head gear -- whether headbands, headsets or helmets -- measure electrical activity in the brain that scientists have studied for decades. Using NeuroSky's chip technology, the system can distinguish whether a person is calm, stressed, meditative or attentive and alert. Beyond games, the system might be useful for determining whether drivers are so drowsy that they need an alarm to awaken them.
The goal is to create game console add-ons costing less than $100. Some of the game play features can be conscious -- such as forcing someone to concentrate in order to drive a car faster or toss something at an enemy. Others can be subconscious. The game could slow down, for instance, if the sensors pick up an increase in anxiety.
Another company, CyberLearning Technology in San Marcos, has also created a gaming controller system with a helmet that monitors brain waves and can be used to direct a game. The company tapped technology developed by NASA scientists who wanted to train pilots how to focus on their cockpit equipment. It turned the research into Smart BrainGames systems.
CyberLearning also uses electrodes that attach to a player's scalp and monitor brain activity. In a fashion similar to NeuroSky, it monitors the relative stress or calmness in a person's neural patterns and links those signals to game controls. In a racing game, for instance, players can drive at faster speeds if they concentrate on being calm. If the players becomes too nervous, the game can send feedback such as vibrations to the game controller that make it harder to drive a car.
Aside from any medical uses, both companies hope their tools could one day be used to create true ``Jedi'' effects in games set in a Star Wars universe. The player could use mind control to lift objects in video games and toss them at enemies in ways that resemble the action in the George Lucas films.
It remains to be seen how cheaply the companies can make the systems, which include both hardware and software. They're both trying to refine their gear to make it more comfortable. And it isn't clear just how precise the control can be in comparison to the lightning-quick dexterity of gamers who use hand controls. -
Not news liao.
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imagine urself having s3x in the sims!
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Imagine kasumi.......
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HOLY SHIT YEAH!!!! HAVING SEX VIRTUALLY U CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THE 3D MODELS AS IF THEY WERE REAL!!! THEN U CAN CUSTOMIZE THE GIRLS' FACES, BODIES, WOOT, U CAN EVEN FCUK CELEBRITIES IN THE PROGRAM HAHA OR THAT GIRL U LIKE IN SCH LOL U CAN LET THE COMP SCAN YOUR MIND AND CREATE A 3D MODEL FOR U THEN U CAN HAVE SEX WITH IT...Originally posted by FireIce:imagine urself having s3x in the sims! -
This will be great, my hands always ache when I am vs-ing with the opponent. Press controller too hard liao.
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Its been invented 2 years back to help damaged brain patients recover faster. Just that it did not meet the market then
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Calm down horny bitchOriginally posted by SixSentinels:HOLY SHIT YEAH!!!! HAVING SEX VIRTUALLY U CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THE 3D MODELS AS IF THEY WERE REAL!!! THEN U CAN CUSTOMIZE THE GIRLS' FACES, BODIES, WOOT, U CAN EVEN FCUK CELEBRITIES IN THE PROGRAM HAHA OR THAT GIRL U LIKE IN SCH LOL U CAN LET THE COMP SCAN YOUR MIND AND CREATE A 3D MODEL FOR U THEN U CAN HAVE SEX WITH IT...
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pls la.. tat technology can only read basic thoughts...
the technology cannot control ur brain waves and let u into a virtua world.... -
actually there's a prototype mind control game which is Pong if im right....both player's net controlled by their respective minds
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wow..
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nitendo new console can read your movement.
virtual reality console is not far away liao... -
Wow, stupid idea. Gamers are soon going to be fat, lazy and unhealthy. Imagine now playing games without lifting even a finger.
Hop-scotch anyone? -
you stay slim and healthy just by sitting on your couch pressing some buttons?Originally posted by donchoo:Wow, stupid idea. Gamers are soon going to be fat, lazy and unhealthy. Imagine now playing games without lifting even a finger.
Hop-scotch anyone?