Thursday, November 17, 2011

Before you can do it in RL, it must work in World of Warcraft (Week 7)

Welcome to the world of the future where you simply wear a headset and think what you want objects to do..... and they do it. This can be on a screen or three dimensional objects. Sounds cool, but how can you get companies to buy into the technology? The answer is to make it work in a video game first. Let's face it all the great technologies start in either video games or porn.

Just think Brian, no more being just a second too slow taking down the Lich King with your sword because your fingers just can't move fast enough on the keyboard. No more letting that pesky Gnome Warlock beat you in PvP (player vs. player). No more videos on Youtube of how bad you are at Call of Duty. Your in-game lightning reflexes will be as quick as your mind...now if we can just keep these gizmos out of the hands of kids, us old-timers can rule the World (of Warcraft) as we were meant to....

Oh, and think of all the possibilities in manufacturing....the potential is almost endless (that part is serious).

The strange thing is that this article is over 3 years old and we haven't seen the first one of these helmets (unless the technology is in the 3D games and I just don' t know). However, the idea that you can just think while wearing a helmet and actually move things on a screen based solely on your thought patterns is amazing.

Look for yourself:

http://technutnews.com/2008/10/17/new-video-game-literally-a-mind-game/

RL = real life

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