Emotiv Systems unveiled a new gaming headset that uses thoughts and movement to control on-screen character movements. The San Francisco-based peripheral company demonstrated the Emotiv EPOC at the Wednesday kickoff of the Game Developers Conference, the annual confab where developers, designers and hardware companies showcase their wares. The EPOC is a wireless device that uses sensors to detect such motions as horizontal eye moments, furrowed brows and winks along with actions such as pushing and pulling motions to control virtual characters. The device, which will retail for US$299, will ship with Emotiv-specific software that allows users -- and game developers -- to explore how such a device may change game play. The company also announced a partnership with IBM (NYSE: IBM) Latest News about IBM, which will explore non-game-related uses for the device in business markets and virtual worlds. "The use of [brain-computer interface] technology represents a potential breakthrough in human-machine interfaces, changing the realm of possibilities not only for games, but in the way that humans and computer interact," said Paul Ledak, vice president of IBM's Digital Convergence. from technewsworld.com. And calm down Almo
Now this is something interesting. According to this other link, it's sort of like a head mounted computer sensor thing. Although this is probably going to break more things than the Wii Remote did. http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/03/08/emotiv-project-epoc-sensory-gaming-for-the-masses/
"The San Francisco-based peripheral Save up to $500 off top-selling HP printers. company demonstrated the Emotiv EPOC at the.... " lol thatll learn you for copy and paste without proof reading, surprised you didnt get him B2K but yeah looks kinda sweet but i think ill stick to controllers.
Fixed. Personally I hope this gets developed properly, I remember when I was younger, probably 13 or 14; this computer store had this huge platform that could hold 4 people and you'd put on a helmet and then when you turned your head then so did your game character. Honestly, that was the most awesome game experience I've ever had.
