The next 'Power Glove' uses Electroencephalography [link]

A company called Emotiv Systems is developing a brain cap that allows the user to control actions on a gaming screen with your mind. It works by reading brain waves and transfers them into commands such as "push" or "lift." The interview on Emotiv's main home page shows users lifting, spinning and pushing the giant stone pillars of Stonehenge using only their minds. They call it 'electro-encephalograph' or EEG for short (don't worry I can't pronounce it either), and they claim that it is the next revolution in the 13.5 billion dollar gaming industry.

Personally, I'm not convinced and neither are some experts, who claim that signals from brain waves are extremely weak and difficult to pick up. This leads to sluggish response times and somewhat awkward movements, two things that drive gamers absolutely crazy. The less control I have over the screen, the more frustrated I'm likely to become when the game doesn't respond the way I want it to. Essentially, you become the Angry Videogame Nerd.

The Power Glove looks cool, and thats about it. I used to own one but I used it more often when I was pretending to be Robocop.

This new technology just reminds me of the Power Glove which, incidentally the AVN reviews on this video. If you watch how frustrated he gets playing these older and technologically simpler games, imagine how difficult it will be to use this so called 'electro-encephalograph' technology to play a next-generation game like Harry Potter (which Emotiv uses as an example) where a slow response time could and will spell disaster for the gamer. I'll give it some credit; it is a revolutionary step forward in how we play video games (*cough*virtual reality!*cough*), but becoming a successful consumer product by 2008? Sorry Emotiv, you'll have to show me something a little more effective.