Hey everyone, this time I got a news article regarding the next generation of game controlling!
Most of you may have heard of Kinnect but I will give a brief introduction to it anyway. Kinnect is a motion capture device that is developed by Microsoft, or to be simple, it is a technology that capture your movements in front of the camera and sent those information to the game character you are controlling.
This is the link to the original article from Game Informer - http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/03/06/neurosky-mind-controlled-games.aspx
Most of you may have heard of Kinnect but I will give a brief introduction to it anyway. Kinnect is a motion capture device that is developed by Microsoft, or to be simple, it is a technology that capture your movements in front of the camera and sent those information to the game character you are controlling.
This time, a new technology that is developed by a company called NeuroSky has found a better way to enhance the way we control things. This technology reads our brainwaves and able to differentiate when we concentrate and when we are not. This technology has been published to use with Star Wars Force Training kit, which is a toys that reads your concentration levels and increase the fan speed accordingly to move the ball. The developers of this technology have been speaking in Game Developer Conference about the technology's use in games. The developers gave us examples of how this technology can be use in games. First example is, imagine looking through a sniper scope. If you are distracted, then the scope will shake, but if you are concentrated and focused, the the scope will be steady. Another example is in stealthy games, such as Splinter Cell, Metal Gear Solid, Hitman, and Deus Ex; when we use normal controllers, it feels too easy to slip pass guards, but with this technology, you will be required to calm your mind and body to successfully infiltrate the building.
I really like this new possible way of controlling in games. For someone that plays games for experience like me, this would really bring games closer to real life. It is sensible to say that if this technology is successfully integrated into gaming, military training will find it benefit to actually use these technology with games to train soldiers. I'm not exaggerating here, US military has actually begun using games to train new recruits. I will post some article regarding that later, but if anyone want to find some information, search the topic America's Army.
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Do remember to give the title of the article, source, author, and date right on the post so I do not have to go to the link. Very interesting technology and its uses surprise (and frighten) me.
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