Facebook Shows off Mind-Reading Technology it Hopes to Use One Day
DannyB writes:
Facebook shows off mind-reading technology it hopes to use one day with smart glasses:
Facebook has unveiled its mind-reading wrist device and an augmented reality keyboard that would allow users to replace the mouse and keyboard in future hardware products.
[...] The wrist device is capable of reading neurological signals sent from a users' brain down to their hands. It could theoretically read these signals to get a sense of what a user wants to do and replicate the action in a virtual or augmented reality environment.
You actually have more of your brain dedicated to controlling your wrist than any other part of your body, probably twice as many neurons controlling your wrist and the movement of your hands than is actually dedicated to your mouth for feeding and for speech," said TR Reardon, director of research science at Facebook Reality Labs.
The Facebook researchers demonstrated force" actions where a user could pinch with their fingers in real life to hold and control virtual, far-away objects in augmented reality. The name of the action is a reference to the Star Wars franchise where certain characters can use the Force to control and move people or objects that are far away from them.
[...] Additionally, the company demonstrated electromyography wristbands that users could wear to type on any surface as though they were typing on a physical keyboard. Though there's no keyboard [...]
Facebook's development of these technologies comes as the company prepares to release its first smart-glasses later this year.
Users everywhere cheer that Facebook will be able to know whatever they are doing with their wrists and simulate it in a virtual world.
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