Controlling you gaming by brainwaves alone has been a dream of ours since reading a spoof article in Your Sinclair back in the 1980s (erm, not what we believed it, or anything).
And now – just three decades later – this could finally become a reality, with ABI Research reporting that several manufacturers are preparing to launch Brain-to-Machine Interface (BMI) products in time for Christmas.
“Hardcore gamers will be the first consumers to buy brain-to-machine interfaces,” says research director Jeff Orr, a man we’re starting to like a great deal. “Combining augmented reality, eye-tracking, and BMI headgear will give elite players the upper-hand in real-time multiplayer gaming.”
Maybe we should get too carried away, though: The Register reminds us that there are already a few brain-powered toys doing the rounds, including the somewhat underwhelming Star Wars Force Trainer, which uses all the stunning power of mental energy to, erm, let you lift a table tennis ball.
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