[games_access] Fwd: [women_dev] Brain controlled game interfaces

[d. michelle hinn]

Thought that this thread on the Women in Games SIG was interesting -- 
I sent them the links to the reports on AbleGamers. And, yeah, I was 
a bit cheeky and said that we've been waiting for years for the game 
industry to finally catch up to us because we've had them with us the 
last few GDCs!! ;)

Michelle


>From: Kimberly Unger <ungerink at yahoo.com>

>To: women in game development forum <women_dev at igda.org>

>Subject: Re: [women_dev] Brain controlled game interfaces

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>Reply-To: ungerink at yahoo.com,

>         women in game development forum <women_dev at igda.org>

>

>I got to try out the "Emotiv" brain-controlled headset at GDC this 

>year.  It does what it says it does :D 

>Very cool to play with, but it (and you) does require some training time.

>

>Kimberly Unger

>

>

>--- On Sat, 5/31/08, Tess Snider <this at malkyne.org> wrote:

>

>>  From: Tess Snider <this at malkyne.org>

>>  Subject: Re: [women_dev] Brain controlled game interfaces

>>  To: "women in game development forum" <women_dev at igda.org>

>>  Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 1:43 PM

>>  On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 10:40 AM, S Chen

>>  <sk8gundy at gmail.com> wrote:

>>  > Just saw an article in Technology Review on a brain

>>  controlled game

>>  > interface (it's $299).  It comes with a simple

>>  game, prob a

>>  > platformer, and once your brainwaves are calibrated,

>>  your thoughts can

>>  > make your avatar run, jump, stop, etc.

>>

>>  If I could use it to input code at least as fast as I can

>>  type it, I'd

>>  buy it for twice that price!

>>

>>  Tess

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