Development of a mind-controlled Android racing game using a brain computer interface (BCI)

Abstract

Brain computer interface (BCI) is to provide a direct communication or control channel between human's brain and external devices. Recently, with the development of BCI, several research institutions and organizations have developed some games that are interacted with BCI to enrich user's experience. However, most of these games are only used in computers and just focus on the realization of direction strategies. To meet the potential increasing Android smartphone users' needs and explore interacting game processes with people's mental states, this paper designs an Android 3D racing game controlled by mental states like attention and meditation. In this application, with the feedbacks of a Bluetooth BCI called Mindset, the racing car's speed and part of game scenarios can be in the charge of user's mental states.