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Brain Controlled Virtual World for the Disabled

Posted by Zonk on from the you-know-you're-thinking-metaverse dept.

Galactic_grub writes "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."

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  1. Atari Mindlink? by CyberZCat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This reminds me of a gaming console that Atari worked on in the mid-1980s called the Atari Mindlink, very similar concept except it used infrared sensors to measure the movement of the muscles in your head.

    http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/260 0/mindlink.html