Navigating virtual reality by thought: what is it like?

  • Authors:

  • Doron Friedman;Robert Leeb;Christoph Guger;Anthony Steed;Gert Pfurtscheller;Mel Slater

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK;Laboratory of Brain-Computer Interface, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria;g.tec-Guger Technologies OEG, Graz, Austria;Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK;Laboratory of Brain-Computer Interface, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria;Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK and ICREA Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We have set up a brain-computer interface (BCI) to be used as an input device to a highly immersive virtual reality CAVE-like system. We have carried out two navigation experiments: three subjects were required to rotate in a virtual bar room by imagining left or right hand movement, and to walk along a single axis in a virtual street by imagining foot or hand movement. In this paper we focus on the subjective experience of navigating virtual reality "by thought," and on the interrelations between BCI and presence.