A visit to San Jose, CA.
March 17th, 2010 - by Simon Laub - Email: slaub@csc.com
It is all so simple: Lets make a device, where an
Attention meter reads how attentive the user is feeling, and where
a
Meditation meter reads how relaxed the user
is feeling. And let us, for a moment, not care to much about
other conscious thoughts and lets just treat facial expressions as a noise, and lets sell this device to people for a
bargain price! ... When I first read about NeuroSkys
[1]
Mindset back in 2008 I was absolutely flabbergasted!
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You could really do all of these things! - And that was before I read about computer games like Judecca
(a first person shooter game utilizing NeuroSky technology).
And before I realized that NeuroSky is also working on a more advanced version of their headset.
One that includes head and eye tracking plus stereo sound, in addition to the EEG.
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Later, on a trip to San Francisco in October 2009, I had the good fortune to visit NeuroSky Headquarters in San Jose.
It was a day of wonder, where NeuroSky communications manager Tansy Brook showed me how the
Force Trainer and
the
NeuroSky Mindset actually works.
Afterwards I was elated. Indeed, when great visions suddenly seems within reach
[2], how could you not be? Perhaps,
the futurists were right after all! Perhaps, the 21st century will really see radical positive changes to human characterics
and capacities
[3]!
And surely there must be a market for empowering humans in a future plethora of mindless robugs
[4]
and Ishiguro humanoids
[5].
Obviously, one
Brain Computer Interface [6]
for gaming is not Arthur C. Clarkes
Braincap
[7] realized. But remember:
- And in today already walks tomorrow -
-Simon
Simon Laub
www.simonlaub.net