Taking AIM: Development of an Alternative Interactive Modality for gaming and other digital media applications.

采用 AIM：为游戏和其他数字媒体应用程序开发替代交互方式。

• 批准号: 447639-2013
• 负责人: Connolly, JohnF
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=536941
• 关键词: Taking; AIM; Development; Alternative; Interactive

Recently human neurophysiological (EEG) measures have become marketable in a variety of low-level entertainment-based products. The headsets that accompany these products may measure some aspects of brain activity but their design and simplicity ensure that muscle and other bodily signals are also recorded thus contaminating any neural signals that may be recorded. As a consequence, currently available headsets are of little or no value in gaming or other virtual environment (VE) applications - nor are they relevant for health sciences applications. However, these headsets demonstrate that the engineering and neuroscience advances over the last 40 years could be packaged in a manner that enables significant advances to be made in areas related to health such as advanced brain-computer interface devices. Equally, these advances could also be harnessed to expand neural interfacing in VE contexts such as simulations relevant to learning-practicing new skills and sophisticated gaming systems. This university-industry collaboration has as its primary goal to develop both the hardware and software necessary to create headsets that record human neurophysiological signals precisely enough to exclude irrelevant bodily activity. These headsets will be designed to enable rapid and significant applications in a range of health, skill learning, and gaming contexts.

最近，人类神经生理学（EEG）的措施已经成为各种低层次的娱乐为基础的产品销售。这些产品附带的耳机可以测量大脑活动的某些方面，但它们的设计和简单性确保了肌肉和其他身体信号也被记录下来，从而污染了可能记录的任何神经信号。因此，目前可用的头戴式耳机在游戏或其他虚拟环境（VE）应用中几乎没有价值，也与健康科学应用无关。然而，这些耳机表明，过去40年来的工程和神经科学进步可以以一种方式进行包装，从而在与健康相关的领域取得重大进展，例如先进的脑机接口设备。同样，这些进步也可以用于扩展VE环境中的神经接口，例如与学习-实践新技能和复杂游戏系统相关的模拟。这项大学与产业合作的主要目标是开发必要的硬件和软件，以创建能够精确记录人类神经生理信号的耳机，以排除无关的身体活动。这些耳机将被设计为在一系列健康，技能学习和游戏环境中实现快速和重要的应用。