'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year

[wraggster]

In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, the power of the mind may be the next big thing in video games. And it may come soon. Emotiv, a company based in San Francisco, says its mind-control headsets will be on shelves later this year, along with a host of novel "biofeedback" games developed by its partners. Several other companies — including EmSense in Monterey, California; NeuroSky in San Jose, California; and Hitachi in Tokyo — are also developing technology to detect players brainwaves and use them in next-gen video games.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/22/138201

[acn010]

thats scary... i wonder how would the controller look like in the head lol

[classicgmr]

Big Brother is watching you? Not anymore! Now he just reads your mind directly.

It IS scary... but not in a very good way. :P

[Shadowblind]

Great. but if i have to get a neural implant for this, count me out :o

[gamev8]

Has anybody here seen "eXistenZ"
If not watch it and pray these technologies never come to fruition.

[Graxer0419]

I would never play a game that could read my mind. I hope this isn't true or is an April fool.

[mickmos]

This sounds great. I definetly hope this comes out

[rageteam1000]

I think I agree. Advancing gaming is one thing, but maybe this is a little too much. I hope this stays a novelty, if that much at all.

[pibs]

Hold up I gotta download the brainwash update.

[JKKDARK]

That would be good, but it's really being too different to the normal gaming we had.

[rbervoets]

lol, could be the 2008 virtual boy xP

[Turbolence]

Very cool. I can see it being entertaining so long as it's not overdone. I still want to have my hands on a controller for basic gameplay functions.

Although, having something like this for effortless flight (think a new NiGHTS game)...