Willpower is set to replace fast fingers in a new video game in which players move characters through a headset that monitors their brain waves.
California-based NeuroSky Inc. showed off the new headset - named Mindset - at the Tokyo Game Show, the industry's biggest exhibition which opened near the Japanese capital Thursday.
Siliconera reports: Remember when Pokemon Battle Revolution had the option to use the DS as a controller? That was a neat use of connective technology and developers seemed to forget about it. Educational software creator, IE Institute didn't.
IE Institute? You probably don't recall the name because their entire library is similar to their DS Study brand. These are more like electronic workbooks than proper games. Their first Wii title comes out on July 31 and 250 Mannin no Kanken Wii de Tokoton Kanji Nou (loosely: 2,500,000 Kanji Questions Complete Kanji Memory on Wii) is a kanji training "game".
There's been talk about these sort of mind-reading devices for some time, and they always have shortcomings. The article is too vague to really determine what the shortcomings will be, but I just thought of something else. I wonder if it can tell the difference between contemplation and action? What if a player thinks about doing something seriously, but does not yet want to do it? (like contemplating a series of moves in chess?)
Looks like it has a lot of uses outside of video games, which is good.
I recall reading about something like this a few months ago, this guy was playing HL2 with his mind, lifting this box up and down depending on how much he focused. It looked pretty cool.
Hmm I see one problem. Too many people that the signal might be a little weak on if you catch my drift lol.
This is simultaneously exciting and scary.
Sucks for people with severe ADD...