Mind controlled gaming could be in the near future.

[boffo]

Mind control coming to PS3, Xbox and Wii? | News | TechRadar UK

Mind-controlled gaming could be on its way to the Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator interprets electrical signals from your brain in order to input commands into a PC.
Using this device, you can play games like Crysis and Unreal Tournament without using your hands.
And now it seems as though the same technology might be developed for use with the top three games consoles as well.
OCZ on the case
In a meeting today with TechRadar, Tobias Brinkmann - director of marketing at OCZ - told us that the company is actively looking into the possibility of developing the NIA for use with the leading consoles.
"It's definitely something we are looking into," he said. "The thing we think would be most cool is to get the NIA working with the Nintendo Wii - that would be good. But of course it would be great if we could get it working with all the consoles."
Brinkmann revealed that in the past Microsoft has attempted to acquire the NIA technology from OCZ, but the offer was turned down flat. Microsoft has clearly seen the potential that this technology has.
The future of gaming?
It would certainly make a lot of sense for OCZ - better known for its high-speed computer memory - to develop the NIA for games consoles. Although PC gaming is still going strong, the force is well and truly with the consoles at present - it's a multi-billion pound industry.
And what with the Nintendo Wii being the best-selling console, and the fact that the Wii is actually the most basic platform out there, it makes sense that this would likely be the first console that the NIA might be developed for.

[E6600]

oh dear god no!

[Romanc]

Originally Posted by E6600

oh dear god no!

Must be awful to suck at games if you only have your brain to blame!

[Newerest]

Originally Posted by romanc

must be awful to suck at games if you only have your brain to blame!

lol

[E6600]

Originally Posted by Romanc

Must be awful to suck at games if you only have your brain to blame!

actually it is easy to imagine yourself winning if you have enough confidence

what worries me is a software bug that might allow someone to hack into your brain
or worse! a buffer overflow in your brain!

[boffo]

Originally Posted by E6600

actually it is easy to imagine yourself winning if you have enough confidence

what worries me is a software bug that might allow someone to hack into your brain
or worse! a buffer overflow in your brain!

Imagine if Microsoft had succeeded in purchasing it. Who knows how much stuff they'd try installing into your brain?

[Me>you]

Originally Posted by E6600

actually it is easy to imagine yourself winning if you have enough confidence

what worries me is a software bug that might allow someone to hack into your brain
or worse! a buffer overflow in your brain!

That would be like physically changing the words on a page with your eyesight , “interprets electrical signals from your brain (and poorly at that)”

Also, Its unlikely you can control it with your thoughts like you would your hand (unless they drill a hole in your and insert a chip, which has been done before) its probably more of a gimmick using facial movements and mood

YouTube - OCZ Actuator - Play Video Games With Your Mind
YouTube - 2008 OCZ Technology's NIA Demo at COMPUTEX 2008

[Deathmonkey7]

Originally Posted by E6600

actually it is easy to imagine yourself winning if you have enough confidence

what worries me is a software bug that might allow someone to hack into your brain
or worse! a buffer overflow in your brain!

You're kidding.. right?

[Darth Daver]

this would be an excellent news article on that amazing website known as Tick-Tech.net

[Chibi Kitsune]

Originally Posted by E6600

oh dear god no!

agreed

Originally Posted by boffo

Imagine if Microsoft had succeeded in purchasing it. Who knows how much stuff they'd try installing into your brain?

WMP in your mind

Originally Posted by Deathmonkey7

You're kidding.. right?

Donkey Kong

even if they perfected it it would take all the fun out of video games