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Second Life Device
Published: Oct 16, 07
Views: 2,406

A helmet-like device with electrodes attached, developed by Keio University bioengineers in Japan, has enabled people to control Second Life avatars through nothing other than their own thoughts. This opens the possibility for the disabled to recover the ability to communicate and do business in the virtual world. 

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The blind demographic has been missing out on simulated life in the virtual world, but Irish IBM students hope to change that. “The students have designed an audio equivalent of the virtual world using 3D sound to create a sense of space,” the BBC reported. One of the Irish researchers explained i… [More]

The technology "would enable people suffering paralysis to communicate with others or do business through chatting and shopping in a virtual world," said Junichi Ushiba, associate professor at Keio Univesity's rehabilitation centre. Second Life is an increasingly popular virtual world in which people -- and animals -- are represented by animated avatars and can do everything from social activities to shopping. Ushiba said Second Life could motivate patients with severe paralysis, who are often too depressed to undergo rehabilitation. "If they can see with their own eyes their characters moving around, it could reinvigorate their brain activity and restore some functions," he said. (news.yahoo)

References:  boingboing.net, news.yahoo

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