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Valve Psychologist to Explore Brain-Computer Interface Research at GDC

At GDC 2019 later this month, Valve’s Principal Experimental Psychologist, Mike Ambinder will present the latest research pertaining to brain-computer interfaces—using signals from the brain as computer input. Ambinder says that BCI is still “speculative technology,” but could play an important role in the way players interact with the games of the future.

As time moves forward, the means by which users interact with computers have becoming increasingly natural.

While we’re far, far away from anything like direct brain I/O, there has been some headway made in recent years at least on the input side—’brain reading’, if you will. And while early, there’s exciting potential for the technology to transform the way we interact with computers, and how computers interact (and react) to us.

At GDC 2019 later this month in San Francisco, Valve’s Principal Experimental Psychologist, Mike Ambinder, will present an overview of recent BCI research with an eye toward its applicability to gaming. The session, titled Brain-Computer Interfaces: One Possible Future for How We Play, will take place on Friday, March 22nd.

See the full story here: http://www.virtualrealitypulse.com/edition/daily-gesture-control-virtual-world-2019-03-09?open-article-id=9965344&article-title=valve-psychologist-to-explore-brain-computer-interface-research-at-gdc&blog-domain=roadtovr.com&blog-title=road-to-vr

and the session info here: http://www.virtualrealitypulse.com/edition/daily-gesture-control-virtual-world-2019-03-09?open-article-id=9965344&article-title=valve-psychologist-to-explore-brain-computer-interface-research-at-gdc&blog-domain=roadtovr.com&blog-title=road-to-vr