Brain Interfaces Will Allow Us to Edit Our Feelings
CEO Gabe Newell says brain-computer interface tech will allow video games far beyond what human 'meat peripherals' can comprehend
By LUKE APPLEBY for New Zealand 1 News Image by OpenBCI
The head of US gaming company Valve Corporation says a future is fast approaching where video games will use data from people's brain signals to adjust the experience they get — and even a future where people's minds can be adjusted by computers.
Gabe Newell spoke to 1 NEWS about the future of brain computer interfaces (BCIs) — an area he and other Valve staff have studied for several years now — and talked about how Valve is working to put BCIs to use in the gaming sector.
Newell admits some of the ideas may seem incredible, and said some of the discussions he's having around BCIs are "indistinguishable from science fiction" — but according to him, game developers would be making a mistake by not investigating BCIs within the short-term future.
Aside from just reading people's brain signals, Newell also discussed the near-future reality of being able to write signals to people's minds — to change how they're feeling or deliver better-than-real visuals in games.
