{"id":119728,"date":"2017-08-09T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T08:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=119728"},"modified":"2017-08-08T14:57:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T12:57:16","slug":"neurable-lets-you-use-your-brain-as-a-vr-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/119728-neurable-lets-you-use-your-brain-as-a-vr-controller","title":{"rendered":"Neurable lets you use your brain as a VR controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neurable has built the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/neurable\/announcing-the-worlds-first-brain-computer-interface-for-virtual-reality-a3110db62607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world\u2019s first brain-computer interface for virtual reality<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The prototype attaches to the back strap of an HTC Vive headset and allows you to use your thoughts as a controller in VR environments.<\/p>\n<p>Neurable\u2019s device reads brain signals which relate to specific actions or thoughts and uses the information\u00a0to trigger actions within the game.<\/p>\n<p>The company showed off the controls in a game called Awakening, which sees the player picking up objects, stopping lasers, and engaging in combat using their thoughts as a controller.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/the-human-os\/biomedical\/bionics\/brainy-startup-neurable-unveils-the-worlds-first-braincontrolled-vr-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEEE Spectrum<\/a><\/strong>, Neurable CEO Ramses Alcaide said the startup is targeting VR arcades in 2018 with an expanded version of Awakening and a smaller form factor for its brain-computer interface.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/222451-hp-launches-vr-backpack-for-business.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">HP launches VR backpack for business<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neurable has built the\u00a0world\u2019s first brain-computer interface for virtual reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":101734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585],"tags":[13341,24912],"class_list":["post-119728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-htc-vive","tag-neurable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}