DocumentCode :
3441009
Title :
Navigating through virtual flight environments using brain-body-actuated control
Author :
Nelson, W. Todd ; Hettinger, Lawrence J. ; Cunningham, James A. ; Roe, Merry M. ; Haas, Michael W. ; Dennis, Leon B.
Author_Institution :
Logicon Tech. Services Inc., Dayton, OH, USA
fYear :
1997
fDate :
1-5 Mar 1997
Firstpage :
30
Lastpage :
37
Abstract :
Alternative control technologies enable users to control human machine systems without using their hands For example, the CyberlinkTM interface, a brain body actuated control technology, employs a combination of EEG and EMG signals produced at the user´s forehead to generate computer inputs that can be used for a variety of tasks. An experiment was conducted in which participants used the CyberLinkTM interface to navigate or “fly” along a virtual flight course displayed on a wide field of view dome display. Tracking performance significantly increased across experimental sessions, while measures of perceived mental workload decreased across sessions. Ratings of cybersickness were relatively low and did not vary across experimental sessions. The results indicate that brain body actuated control, achieved using the CyberLinkTM interface, provides a viable means for performing simple, single axis, continuous control tasks without using one´s hands
Keywords :
brain; intelligent actuators; interactive devices; interactive systems; virtual reality; Cyberlink interface; EEG; EMG signals; brain body actuated control technology; computer inputs; continuous control tasks; cybersickness; human machine systems control; perceived mental workload; tracking performance; virtual flight course; virtual flight environment navigation; wide field of view dome display; Brain computer interfaces; Computer displays; Computer interfaces; Control systems; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Forehead; Humans; Navigation; Signal generators;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, 1997., IEEE 1997
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
ISSN :
1087-8270
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7843-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/VRAIS.1997.583041
Filename :
583041
Link To Document :
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