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Brain Controlled Virtual World for the Disabled

June 27, 2007 in News comments 8

It seems that now their is a virtual world for the paralyzed. They just have to think about walking and they walk in the virtual world. This could be used for gaming in the future and will be a nice addition to shooting games.

"New Scientist Tech has a story about a virtual world that paralyzed patients can explore using their thoughts. The set-up connects a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) to virtual reality so that a person can 'walk' through it, simply by thinking of moving their legs or their left or right hand. Electrodes are attached to their scalp and electroencephalogram (EEG) readings are used to navigate, or control an avatar. The story includes a video of the experiment."
Evanster via games.slashdot.org »
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  • 1
    Goyun SSJ15 Jun 27, 07
    Aww that's good to see, everyone should have the right to play them, and I think a virtual world is way cool. Kudos to the brains behind it all.
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    Deis Jun 27, 07
    The link for that article isn't accurate. This is the right link.
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    huntyr Jun 27, 07
    I have corrected the link
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    Tom Jun 27, 07
    That's unusual, but it would be quite interesting to see happen, so good luck to them on that one and nice find, Evanster.
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    Evanster Jun 27, 07
    Thanks for correcting the link Huntyr. But I hope game companys think about using this technology for a Wii that would be good for the disabled people. Thanks catfire
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    Slayerholic17 Jun 27, 07
    I think this is a great idea, it would be wonderful for them, and quite an advancement.
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    FRoGBuster Jun 28, 07
    It works for disabled people becuase normally if they think of walking, they Can't walk. But now, there's a virtual place for them to walk. For people who Can walk however, it would be hard to make this work, because we'd be walking both in the virtual world and in actuality too. Our intentions would be sent both to the virtual realm as well as our bodies. For the disabled, even if it is sent to their body, it doesn't register - so the only moving part is in the virtual realm.



    What would happen if they start to imagine that they are flying!?
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    Synthesis Jun 28, 07
    Awesome!! This'll make FPSs a whole lot more fun, if we can use this on games of course.

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