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MSon
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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 13:19 Edited at: 22nd Feb 2008 21:55
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Brain control headset for gamers?
That would be cool

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

Quote: "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"


Will Darkbasic be compatable?

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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 13:30
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I'd try it...but I still doubt how effectively you could control a 3d world with it. And wouldn't lack of mental focus be an issue with it as well? I know that I can't keep a straight line of thought, so if it actually played off of my thoughts, I'd wind up getting side tracked...a lot...


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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 13:46 Edited at: 20th Feb 2008 13:59
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$299, i think thats about £150, at that price id get one just for the name "Brain Control HeadSet", Combine it with one of them pairs of 3D Monitor glasses it would proberley be quite nice.

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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 14:24
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Imagine implenting this to psychics engines at game.. Moving objects with your mind


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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 15:31 Edited at: 20th Feb 2008 17:52
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I answered before reading the article...

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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 17:06
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It sounds awesome! I'd love to try this out

It'd be awesome to play The Force Unleashed wearing this with all the force powers and physics!

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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 17:26 Edited at: 20th Feb 2008 17:28
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Quote: "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)"


Perfect for more interactive FPS games, (Hint Hint)

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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 17:54
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Now I've bothered reading the article and watching the movie and it seems very promising.

So, does it recognize hand motions or a thought to lift?

The success of this will depend on the quality of the interaction. If it really is intuitive and works as it should all the time then it's all left to the developers.

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Posted: 20th Feb 2008 18:50 Edited at: 20th Feb 2008 18:55
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from what i could understand, both, IE: with practice by thinking of moving an arm, your 3D arm would move, or you can just move your arm and the 3D Model would still copy?

it would be better than using a nintendo wii anyway, more interaction

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Posted: 21st Feb 2008 00:23
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Haha, I can just see it now... You've been sitting there playing with this thing for a couple hours, not having to move your hands at all to pick things up and move around, just thinking about lifting your arm.
You go to grab a drink and suddenly wonder why it's not floating up to your face, or why your arm isn't actually lifting up to get it

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Posted: 21st Feb 2008 01:00 Edited at: 21st Feb 2008 01:06
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if i had any money, id buy one of these and a moterised whealchair, (You get the idea)

this would be brilliant for people who are disabled From from the neck down and i would guess quadrapledicts, (Not spelt it right have i), link it up to a large virtual keyboard use use somethink like xvoice, (Microsoft Sam), wouldn't that work?

if you could identify simple forward, back and turning then i could link this to a moterised whealchair, (if anyone wants to buy me one)

heck, for disabled people, Mouse Control, that would be a must, ill buy one when it comes out just to see if i can access it

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@Mson: I believe that's part of what this whole mind-control research is for --people that have been paralyzed and/or have had limbs amputated, are able to use computers to control their wheelchairs or possibly link these devices to robotic limbs so they can move again

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Posted: 21st Feb 2008 01:08 Edited at: 21st Feb 2008 01:09
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Why not like it to a car Automatic would be easier

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Too bad it involves having to gell your head every time you want to play it. Debugging your programs that utilize it would be a pain, mostly because of the shower you would take every time you thought you had finished

Sounds great though. If they're releasing this technology later this year, I wonder what will be out in five, or even ten years..

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Thinking about this for a bit and where the technology might go in the future. We might be able to control a whole lot of things with our thoughts. I don't think we can get a mind reader (thought to text) although one shouldn't say never. I can definitely see detection of hand/finger and eye movements. Or how about detecting talking without sound?

MSon:
The image on top shows a woman using 2 hands and in the video the guy used his hand to lift but the text at the bottom doesn't mention hand recognition.

Sunflash:
I think the quote should be interpreted that you don't need gel to use it.

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Posted: 21st Feb 2008 11:25 Edited at: 21st Feb 2008 11:26
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What i see in the future is somethink like this being made smaller so it would be more "Discrete" and attached with a GPS Style System so it could locate where you are relative to "Compatable Items", such as light switches, the TV/Computer, Ect

maybe a "basic" Matrix style system, (3D Interactive Internet)

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Posted: 21st Feb 2008 18:39
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Digital Awakening:
I believe your right, but the qoute does make it sound as though it IS needed, perhaps just a bad usage of english?

Quote: ""This is the first headset that doesn't require a large net of electrodes, or a technician to calibrate or operate it and does require gel on the scalp,""


I signed up for the beta testing last night, would be very cool! I also signed up to get the developers SKDLite kit, though I doubt I'll get either

Reading at what comes in the suite, and what each of the three modules claim to be able to do, makes thinking about the furure of gaming with this device VERY exciting!!

But now I hate myself, I was going to attend the Game Developers Convention in San Francisco, but decided against it as it would conflict with my studies... I sould have gone, seeing as Epoc was going to preview it, lol.

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I noticed this too. I have signed up to their SDK but heard nothing yet. Maybe if I think hard about it...

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Posted: 21st Feb 2008 23:10
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This will be awesome! It could be a bit dodgy if there is a sudden power surge though...

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lol... I saw it on the news, with a 3d game.
Brain control would be good for coding. You could code hundreds of line per minute!

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Zeke:
I usually find that programming is not so much about writing new lines as it is about refining old ones, that's why it's called development. If a brain reading device could understand the chaotic mess of intent behind every line of code, now that would really be something

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thats what I meant... sorry.

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2008 21:53 Edited at: 22nd Feb 2008 21:53
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I've also signed up for the SDK, cant wait to try and link it to Darkbasic

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
It's coming true! We're all going to be withered little people confined to wheelchairs that are controlled by our minds!!

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2008 23:27 Edited at: 23rd Feb 2008 01:29
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beats a car in traffic any day

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ha. only if they are flying wheelchairs.

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What would be great would be if you had a modeller where you just pictured the finished model in your head and then the brain scanner would just transferr the mental image into a real model. Would save time
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