BCI & Eye Tracker Technology
A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a technology that records signals from the nervous system and harnesses them to control various technologies. The Strentrode is a novel BCI technology that has the potential to restore functional computer use in people with severe paralysis. Stentrode technology pairs with Tobii eye-tracking technology to enable cursor control with eye movements and multiple brain-controlled “click” functions. Carnegie Mellon University is leading a multidisciplinary consortium of researchers to develop and test a minimally invasive, brain-computer interface. More information about the research can be found here. https://engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/news/2021/08/26-sense-and-signal.html
Problem Statement
Current eye tracker experiences are not engaging and tiring which lets people not want to interact with that technology.
Our Project
Our team is tasked to create a fun, engaging video game that utilizes the Tobii Eye Tracker 5, paired with a mouse “click” command that can eventually be controlled by brain signal. The goal of the game is to provide an engaging environment to familiarize guests with the eye tracker and click functionalities, which may eventually be expanded to prospective BCI users.
The gamified environment will progressively train the patient to use the eye tracker interface and provide analytics to the researchers for precision, accuracy, smoothness, and reaction time to be able to track the patients’ progress.
Our Demographic
Our experience aims to engage with 15 years and older Neurologically Injured Population.
Our Project Goals
We aim to create a game that achieves the following goals :
- Wants to keep playing
- Simple to pick up, hard to master
- Provide analytics to the researchers
Our Deliverable
Game for PC that usesTOBII Eye Tracker and provides analytics.
You can download the game from the link below and play it on a PC if you have the Tobii Eye Tracker 5
You can download it from here
Our Client
Our clients David Putrino is a researcher at Putrino Lab that operates out of the Abilities Research Center at Mount Sinai Hospital, Adam Fry is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and Dev is a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.
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