CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL BODY BY THOUGHT IN A HIGHLY-IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A Case Study in Using a Brain-Computer Interface in a Virtual-Reality Cave-like System

Doron Friedman, Robert Leeb, Larisa Dikovsky,, Miriam Reiner, Gert Pfurtscheller, Mel Slater

2007

Abstract

A brain-computer interface (BCI) can arguably be considered the ultimate user interface, where humans operate a computer using thought alone. We have integrated the Anon-BCI into a highly immersive Cave-like system. In this paper we report a case study where three participants were able to control their avatar using only their thought. We have analyzed the participants’ subjective experience using an in-depth qualitative methodology. We also discuss some limitations of BCI in controlling a virtual environment, and interaction design decisions that needed to be made.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Friedman D., Leeb R., Dikovsky, L., Reiner M., Pfurtscheller G. and Slater M. (2007). CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL BODY BY THOUGHT IN A HIGHLY-IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A Case Study in Using a Brain-Computer Interface in a Virtual-Reality Cave-like System . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: GRAPP, ISBN 978-972-8865-72-6, pages 83-90. DOI: 10.5220/0002073100830090

in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp07,
author={Doron Friedman and Robert Leeb and Larisa Dikovsky, and Miriam Reiner and Gert Pfurtscheller and Mel Slater},
title={CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL BODY BY THOUGHT IN A HIGHLY-IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A Case Study in Using a Brain-Computer Interface in a Virtual-Reality Cave-like System},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: GRAPP,},
year={2007},
pages={83-90},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002073100830090},
isbn={978-972-8865-72-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: GRAPP,
TI - CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL BODY BY THOUGHT IN A HIGHLY-IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A Case Study in Using a Brain-Computer Interface in a Virtual-Reality Cave-like System
SN - 978-972-8865-72-6
AU - Friedman D.
AU - Leeb R.
AU - Dikovsky, L.
AU - Reiner M.
AU - Pfurtscheller G.
AU - Slater M.
PY - 2007
SP - 83
EP - 90
DO - 10.5220/0002073100830090