Welcome Again to The 21st Century: Electroencephalography for At Home Entertainment

Emotiv Systems is finally releasing the much awaited Epoc headset brainwave controller. The available games and applications that the device can interface with are still scarce, so it seems to be geared toward developers and researchers that are thinking up new ways to utilize EEG. With a $300 starting price tag, this bodes well for a future where we’ll be able to chow down on cheeseburgers while blowing up virtual goblins in Halo 12.

EEG display:
* 5 second rolling time window (chart recorder mode)
* ALL or selected channels can be displayed
* Automatic or manual scaling (individual channel display mode)
* Adjustable channel offset (multi-channel display mode)
* Synchronized marker window

FFT display:
* Selected channel only
* ALL or selected channels can be displayed
* Adjustable sampling window size (in samples)
* Adjustable update rate (in samples)
* dB mode – power or amplitude calculations
* dB scale
* FFT window methods: Hanning, Hamming, Hann, Blackman, Rectangle
* Predefined and custom sub-band histogram display – Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, custom bands

Gyro display:
* 5 second rolling time window (chart recorder mode)
* X and Y deflection

Data Packet display:
* 5 second rolling graph of Packet Counter output
* Packet loss – integrated count of missing data packets
* Verify data integrity for wireless transmission link

Data Recording and Playback:
* Fully adjustable slider, play/pause/exit controls.
* Subject and record ID, date, start time recorded in file naming convention.

Product page: EPOC Headset…
Flashbacks: Telekinetic Video Games; New Gaming Input Device Reads Your Mind; Mind Games