[NetBehaviour] Direct Brain-to-Game Interface Worries Scientists.

[marc garrett]

Direct Brain-to-Game Interface Worries Scientists.

Your brain might be your next videogame controller.

That might sound pretty awesome, but the prospect of brain-controlled 
virtual joysticks has some scientists worried that games might end up 
controlling our brains.

Several makers of brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs -- devices that 
facilitate operating a computer by thought alone -- claim the technology 
is poised to jump from the medical sector into the consumer gaming world 
in 2008.

Companies including Emotiv Systems and NeuroSky say they've released 
BCI-based software-development kits. Gaming companies may release BCI 
games next year, but many scientists worry that users brains' might be 
subject to negative effects.

For example, the devices sometimes force users to slow down their brain 
waves. Afterward, users have reported trouble focusing their attention.

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http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2007/09/bci_games