Posts Tagged ‘ psychic

Ilithids are being made

I had to share this one.  Kotaku is reporting that Emotiv is going to be releasing Epoc for $300 around Christmas time this year.  Who cares?  Anyone who wants to pretend to be an Ilithid.  All cyberpunk junkies.  Iron Man wannabes.  This is totally cool… and really creapy.

It is basically a scary helmet that detects, ”

[T]he electrical current conducted by the brain and transmits the data to an in-board chip that deciphers the information and translates it into data that can be used by the program to control games. “

I remember hearing about this device last year, when it sorta worked some of the time for some of the various people reporting on it.  Now, it has apparently grown up some,

evolv[ing] to be able to detect a range of brain activity [...] using the data to detect facial expression, mood and, to some degree, simple thought.

Hit the link for more information:

Gdc08: PC Psychic Controller Hits This Year