What will the Emotiv headset bring to our daily existence?
The Emotiv headset is known as a pioneering gadget that enables a consumer to work together with the virtual situation by reading his/her ‘thoughts’. Essentially, the headset records the brain’s electrical signals and interprets your thinking-orders into virtual actions.
The Emotiv headphone works by using a tool generally known as an EEG, or electroencephalograph, to monitor the brain waves (and emotional responses) of every gamer, virtually instantaneously translating those readings into digital reactions, movements and movement.
The practical functions could be enormously decent, but also potentially hideous. On the plus side, disabled people could have their lives entirely turned around, regaining an unlimited amount of independence by thought-controlling many home appliances. To develop the concept, paraplegic and quadriplegic users might create thought-controlled virtual avatars and cooperate with others in real time.
The possibility to revolutionize the world of gaming can be very evident, as Jane McGrath, of How StuffWorks.com, describes,
Of a potential downside, that’s possibly chasmic, McGrath claims.
Simply, this object freeks me out. I just do not like the idea of a thought-activated PC, it makes my body crawl. But hey, that’s just me. Also, if you’re a male of our species, you’d possibly be dredging up porn sites every seven seconds.
It’s also been suggested in some quarters you’ll be able to simply think of an individual and that said PC system will automatically place a call to them. The very last thing I desire to do is be considering some old girlfriend of suchlike and unexpectedly end up phoning her. No, just no. That is a can of worms that basically does not need opening up, thank you very much.
On the other hand, whatever my opinion on it happen being (and, for now at least, I have the choice to keep them personal), the Emotiv Epoc headphones will soon be there for the common customer, priced around $299 (that’s just under £200 to us Brits).