I Think, I Game
As a kid I saw a Telugu movie called Maya Bazaar (literally, Magic Market). In the movie, Ghatotkacha, the son of Bheema (one of the Pandava protagonists) - depicted as a good demon with friendly black whiskers creates ruckus at a Kaurava wedding using his magic. In a memorable scene, which I rewound many times after the advent of the VCR (my dad importing the VCR was the most eagerly awaited occassion for my movie-crazed family), Ghatotkacha eats the entire wedding meal in a matter of minutes. He does that by a simple improvisation - he expands to 10-times his size so the quantity of food becomes small. For example, if he were to eat a laddoo that would normally fit his palm - at 10x he would simply think and the now mini-laddoos would zip right into his mouth one after the other. Pure magic. Watch it!
I was reminded of Ghatotkacha's talents to think and create action a few minutes back when I read this.
Communication between man and machine has always been limited to conscious interaction, with non-conscious communication -- expression, intuition, perception -- reserved solely for the human realm. At Emotiv, we believe that future communication between man and machine will not only be limited to the conscious communication that exists today, but non-conscious communication will play a significant part.
No, this isn't from a science fiction discourse. Emotiv is also not an Asimov character - it's a company with roots in Australia that's building - among other things - headset that'll control a computer. The above notes are its own description of what it does. Their first foray is into gaming - so future Second Life players will be able to simply think to watch their avatars do all the action. The headset has sensors much like an ECG machine without the gel and sits snugly on one's (where-else) head. Emotiv calls this Project Epoc and aims to replace existing gaming consoles and click-controlled games with mind-controlled ones. It can detect facial expressions, measure discreet emotional states and detect your conscious thoughts and put it to action even before you are conscious of it. Pure magic? We'll have to wait and watch but I'm excited.
I was reminded of Ghatotkacha's talents to think and create action a few minutes back when I read this.
Communication between man and machine has always been limited to conscious interaction, with non-conscious communication -- expression, intuition, perception -- reserved solely for the human realm. At Emotiv, we believe that future communication between man and machine will not only be limited to the conscious communication that exists today, but non-conscious communication will play a significant part.
No, this isn't from a science fiction discourse. Emotiv is also not an Asimov character - it's a company with roots in Australia that's building - among other things - headset that'll control a computer. The above notes are its own description of what it does. Their first foray is into gaming - so future Second Life players will be able to simply think to watch their avatars do all the action. The headset has sensors much like an ECG machine without the gel and sits snugly on one's (where-else) head. Emotiv calls this Project Epoc and aims to replace existing gaming consoles and click-controlled games with mind-controlled ones. It can detect facial expressions, measure discreet emotional states and detect your conscious thoughts and put it to action even before you are conscious of it. Pure magic? We'll have to wait and watch but I'm excited.
posted by pravs at 2:21 AM
1 Comments:
Cool thought experiment ;-> It might work, but I wonder if their original motive of non-conscious communication will hold water. Just like we adapted to the PC, this might want us start thinking or behaving a certain way, based on how it was modeled.
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