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Mind-Controlled Games Hit the iPhone

MindGames rolls out W.I.L.D. and Tug of Mind

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 15, 2011 11:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ever wanted to control a video game with your mind? It sounds like science fiction, but it’s real and it’s in the Apple App Store. Iceland company MindGames has released a pair of games controlled by your thoughts, using a headset that reads your brain waves like an EEG, the LA Times reports.

In W.I.L.D., released last month, players fly over dreamlike landscapes, concentrating and relaxing their minds to put out fires, bend spoons, and so forth. In “Tug of Mind,” released in December, players try to stay calm while being screamed at by an “opponent,” created from an actual headshot of someone they know. Both apps cost $4.99, though of course, you’ll need to buy a mind-reading helmet for around $100 first. Click for another story about mind-controlled technology.

An employee presents the toy 'Mindflex' by toymaker Mattel at the 'International Toy Fair' in Nuremberg, southern Germany on February 4, 2010. Helmets like this one are necessary to play the games.
An employee presents the toy 'Mindflex' by toymaker Mattel at the 'International Toy Fair' in Nuremberg, southern Germany on February 4, 2010. Helmets like this one are necessary to play the games.   (Getty Images)
A man uses a mind-reading set of headphones as he plays Tug of Mind in this YouTube screenshot.
A man uses a mind-reading set of headphones as he plays "Tug of Mind" in this YouTube screenshot.   (YouTube)
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A demonstration video for Tug of Mind.   (MindGamesBCI)

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finkster
Apr 15, 2011 2:37 PM CDT
"relaxing their minds to put out fires, bend spoons, and so forth." Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Spoon boy: There is no spoon. Neo: There is no spoon? Spoon boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
 

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