Comments on: Control Video Games With Your Mind http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/ Exploring consciousness, dreams, and mind enhancement Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:08:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Ben Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:15:31 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/#comment-861 Fantastic! I can't wait to read about your experience with this device ... and try it myself at some point too. Fantastic! I can't wait to read about your experience with this device … and try it myself at some point too.

]]> By: Robert http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Robert Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:13:20 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/#comment-848 IF it does work with some mild concentration and 'stillness'.... I can see this being an incentive for parents. A device that helps their kids learn to concentrate and 'be still'.... even if it is for playing a game. Though, some may complain. At least the kids get 'some' movement burn with their frenetic hand devices. Now, they can sit immobile for hours -- still killing all the bad guys and barely twitching their muscles. IF it does work with some mild concentration and 'stillness'….

I can see this being an incentive for parents. A device that helps their kids learn to concentrate and 'be still'…. even if it is for playing a game.

Though, some may complain. At least the kids get 'some' movement burn with their frenetic hand devices. Now, they can sit immobile for hours — still killing all the bad guys and barely twitching their muscles.

]]> By: reality shifter http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-847 reality shifter Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:05:31 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/#comment-847 After reading about it on Emotiv's web site and watching the BBC News segment, I got the impression it detects electrical activity in the brain the same way an EEG would. (Tan Le talked about sensing electrical activity in the neurons of the brain, which is what an EEG does.) I think the headset also detects facial movements and head movement. My concern is about how accurate the brain activity readings will be. Body movement can result in artifacts in the data recorded by an EEG. It's difficult enough to get a clean EEG reading when the person is sitting still, so I'm not sure how they'll avoid artifacts in the data recorded by the headset's EEG sensors when the wearer is moving around while playing a video game. Also, the electrodes used for EEGs are usually attached to the scalp with conductive gel or paste that helps them detect the electrical activity in the brain and send those signals to an attached device. It looks like the sensors in the EPOC just rest on the scalp. That will reduce the amount of brain activity they pick up, but maybe that's all they need for gaming purposes. Either way, I'm eager to try it. My mental reflexes are much faster than my hands on a video game controller will ever be. :-) ~ Kris After reading about it on Emotiv's web site and watching the BBC News segment, I got the impression it detects electrical activity in the brain the same way an EEG would. (Tan Le talked about sensing electrical activity in the neurons of the brain, which is what an EEG does.) I think the headset also detects facial movements and head movement.

My concern is about how accurate the brain activity readings will be. Body movement can result in artifacts in the data recorded by an EEG. It's difficult enough to get a clean EEG reading when the person is sitting still, so I'm not sure how they'll avoid artifacts in the data recorded by the headset's EEG sensors when the wearer is moving around while playing a video game. Also, the electrodes used for EEGs are usually attached to the scalp with conductive gel or paste that helps them detect the electrical activity in the brain and send those signals to an attached device. It looks like the sensors in the EPOC just rest on the scalp. That will reduce the amount of brain activity they pick up, but maybe that's all they need for gaming purposes.

Either way, I'm eager to try it. My mental reflexes are much faster than my hands on a video game controller will ever be. :-)

~ Kris

]]> By: Robert http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Robert Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:45:04 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2008/control-video-games-with-your-mind/#comment-845 Woot ! When I saw this one the nightly news, I wondered if you might get a kick out of this new 'brain toy'! It also made me wonder.... if it is 'nothing more' than pickups to catch electical stimuli from the muscles in the scalp (??? and brain function ??? ) ---- is there a chance some reverse form of this ( electro magnetic ? ) might be used to stimulate specific areas of the brain? Woot !

When I saw this one the nightly news, I wondered if you might get a kick out of this new 'brain toy'!

It also made me wonder…. if it is 'nothing more' than pickups to catch electical stimuli from the muscles in the scalp (??? and brain function ??? ) —- is there a chance some reverse form of this ( electro magnetic ? ) might be used to stimulate specific areas of the brain?

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