Brain eRacing: An Exploratory Study on Virtual Brain-Controlled Drones

摘要

As Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology become more ubiquitous, lower cost and expands from research laboratories to user's home, there is an emerging field and application on brain-controlled games. The use of BCI for gaming does not only allows an extra channel of communication between player and game systems, but it also extends its use to users with physical disabilities. This paper presents a brain-controlled drone game, where users can control a drone avatar with their brain-waves through motor imagery. To control the game, players wear a non-invasive BCI device, which measures and decodes the brain activity into game commands. Furthermore, this paper presents the results of a exploratory study performed to evaluate the gameplay experience, how the game changes participants affective state, and evaluate the user's perception towards brain-controlled games. Our findings show that players had a statistically significant increase in their positive affect score during the gameplay, as well as an increase in alertness, attentiveness, and inspiration.