I know it’s not something you hear or read about every day. A San Francisco, California-based company has debuted the first-ever commercial controller that can process human thoughts. Emotiv Systems, which specializes in brain computer interface technology, said on Wednesday that it has created the first brain computer interface technology that can detect and process both human conscious thoughts and non-conscious emotions.
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The company said that it will primarily target the electronic games industry, following its announcement on Wednesday with the launch of its Emotiv Development Kit for game developers. The kit will enable games to respond to the players’ emotions and allow players to manipulate objects in the game using the power of their thoughts.
This is an amazing breakthrough, and is wonderful news for disabled people, but this is the exact wrong direction to go in for video game consoles. The direction they need to be going in is that of the Wii. I don't want to put a helmet on my head and sit still for an hour while my brain controls Link. I want to actually be swinging a sword (or a remote control-like approximation of one) or pointing at the screen to simulate a bow shooting arrows. I want to break a sweat killing goblins, dammit.
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