Thinking people’s games: Emotiv and Neurosky headsets allow mind-control

Thinking people’s games: Emotiv and Neurosky headsets allow mind-control

It’s a classic pulp science fiction idea: Put a special band around your head, and suddenly gain the ability to project your thoughts into the world around you. The idea will seem less like fiction after two startups unveiled at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference start shipping their products.

Emotiv and Neurosky are both busy demoing prototype headsets capable of picking up electrical signals from user’s brains and translating them into actions in a game world…. Continue Reading