{"id":223674,"date":"2017-08-08T10:07:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T08:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=223674"},"modified":"2017-08-08T10:09:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T08:09:19","slug":"neurable-creates-first-brain-computer-interface-for-htc-vive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/223674-neurable-creates-first-brain-computer-interface-for-htc-vive.html","title":{"rendered":"Neurable creates first brain-computer interface for HTC Vive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neurable has built the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/neurable\/announcing-the-worlds-first-brain-computer-interface-for-virtual-reality-a3110db62607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world&#8217;s 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&#8217;s 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 <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<h3 class=\"my-4\">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><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neurable has built the world&#8217;s first brain-computer interface for virtual reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":223678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[45182,45180],"class_list":["post-223674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-brain-computer-interface","tag-neurable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223698,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223674\/revisions\/223698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}