by vladnuke » 01 Jun 2013 16:24
At first I looked at it and thought "well that's a crock of shit, all it can do is read emotions", but then i went on their website and watched the ted documentary, and then I saw that the system is actually rather simple. All you have to do is assign a particular thought, not just an emotion, in your head with a function. It works just as any keyboard or any other input device. Since there is no standard for brain function, there's also no standard in the system, so every action is mapped to a particular brainwave set (how the system detects this idk), but ultimatly you still have to set the thing up, which requires a standard, which is set in facial features (Remember, the system is designed for disabled people). What I'm thinking is a tutorial mode, having the system be its own os, and initially starting you out in a place where you define for it basic commands initiated by facial movements, which the system can read without any difficulty from the start. Basically, you can define as many thoughts as you want, so you can, in a sense, just have a keyboard and type by thinking of the letters, or better yet, defining a vocabulary of words and thinking of those words. It's p cool, but imagine trying to procrastinate, or having your mind wander, or anything else that draws you away. It's cool, but couple it with the oculus rift, and it's a full virtual reality system. Also it can't do two things at once, because it seems to be able to only read one thought at a time. So maybe not Sword Art Online just yet.