Moving objects with your mind: Emotiv EPOC

After having watch “X-men” for the first time in my life, I wanted to be gifted or possess some talent to control others and read their thoughts. And a sure thing even now I consider telepathic technique as great abilities a man ever had. I don’t out on airs, but there’s no harm in dreaming.

Australian company Emotiv represented the EPOC neuro-headset that allows gamers to control a video game using their thoughts, emotions and feelings. Great news for gamers to interact with virtual worlds using their brain.

According to president of US/Australian firm Emotiv Tan Le, EPOC picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends wireless signals to a computer, thereby allowing user to manipulate a game or virtual environment naturally and intuitively.

By the way, the EPOC technology enables to give shape avatars of gamers their real facial expressions, emotions and actions (more than 30). However, gamer’s smile, grief, happiness, anger, frustration, tension, various movements could betray them. The other side of the coin is moving objects with your mind.

Late this year the gadget will be available for $299.

This technological breakthrough brings closer the day when the plot of “The Lawnmower Man” movie becomes realistic. We can’t but confirm that virtual worlds (including appropriate devices) are getting more and more popular at a reasonable price.
Some tests made at Ubergizmo.

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