Streamer Perrikaryal uses an electroencephalogram (EEG) device to play games

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    9 months ago

    I remember when I was a kid, (around 15 years ago if I had to guess), there was an exhibit at a science museum where they used EEG to make a ball move on a table. Then they set up a game where two people would wear EEG on opposite sides of the table and the ball would roll toward whichever person could get their brainwaves to match a certain pattern better. I think the idea was if you quieted your mind then you would win.

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      9 months ago

      went to the science center in phoenix with my nieces and they had that exact game there in a corner

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        9 months ago

        Yeah I want to say for me it was at the science center in Montreal but it’s been a long time, and I really liked science museums as a kid.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    Seems interesting, I hadn’t heard of this before. She seems to have to imagine an image of a thing to get the control to register, like a cricket jumping to make her character jump, which actually seems more difficult than just playing with a physical controller or keyboard/mouse, since I don’t think I actually “think” about making those sorts of movements. It seems like it would be cumbersome having to imagine the movement everytime, but maybe it becomes 2nd nature for her while she’s playing like this.

    • JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      I wonder if there could be a feedback loop on something like it too where if you see your character walking then they’ll continually walk because you’re actively seeing/imagining it?

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        9 months ago

        I’d expect “thinking about left” and “seeing someone go left” to be two different “waves”

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        9 months ago

        I know she uses an image of a spinning plate to do some actions (I forgot which). She also played minecraft this way.

  • Yer Ma@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Funny, most people play it without using their minds