Gamers – Play With Your Brain, Not Hands

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 computerinterface 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 havebeen 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, notthousands.   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 facialexpressions the gamer makes and transfer them onto the virtual world avatar. It even has a gyroscope that can detect movement.