OCZ NIA Neural Impulse Actuator Brain Mouse

OCZ NIA Neural Impulse Actuator
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OCZs revolutionary NIA Neural Impulse Actuator, the new brain mouse for improved gaming control. Translates electrical biosignals from your body into computer commands to control computer gaming.

Item Number: 11073
Mfr. PN: OCZMSNIA
Shipping weight: 1.20 kgs

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OCZs revolutionary NIA Neural Impulse Actuator, the new brain mouse for improved gaming control. Translates electrical biosignals from your body into computer commands to control computer gaming.

Specifications:

- One size fits all
- Powered by USB

Package contents:

- Manual
- Installation CD
- NIA
- Headband
- USB A-to-B cable

System requirements:

- Windows XP and Windows Vista (32-bit editions only)
- 1GHz CPU
- 512MB RAM
- USB2.0 recommended

OCZ’s Neural Impulse Actuator marks a new era in gaming. Rather than being a substitute for a mouse, the NIA is a pioneering new peripheral to be used in conjunction with your mouse for a more immersive gaming experience. The NIA is compatible with any PC game using keyboard input … past, present, or future. Predefined profiles included with the software allow the gamer to develop their own NIA—memory to launch the desired behavior of the character and shoot with the “blink of an eye”, without lifting a finger.

Play Games Using Biosignals

Translate electric Biosignals of your body directly into computer commands and take advantage of total immersion into game play. Customize behavioral profiles of your character and let your sub consciousness take over.

Hone your Reflexes

Where others have to practice reaction times, you can use reflection-based game play to get the better of your opponents by cutting the reaction time by 50%.

Use Space-Age Technology

The headband uses carbon nanofiber-based fibers to provide the highest possible dynamic range for the recording of bioelectrical signals that are amplified and digitized and further de-convoluted into computer commands.

Become your Character

Streaming biopotentials into the computer and witnessing real-time feedback through the game will result in a novel way to expertise virtual reality. Enter a virtual world where abstractions like keyboard commands are replaced by intentions converted into tensions and translated into command structures.

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Great product, but not for everyone - pt3

Also when you get the device, you'll probably have the first official version of the software available on the installation CD. You should immediately head to the support page for NIA in OCZ's website and download the latest patch (at the moment version 1010) that fixes a lot of bugs and problems. The good thing is that there are frequent updates for the software so that the device's potential for improvement can be constantly improved.

You should note that currently the NIA officially supports only 32-bit Windows XP and Vista operating systems. So if you have a 64-bit Windows or want to use the NIA under Linux or Mac OS X you better think twice or at least you should postpone the purchase a little. OCZ are currently working on x64 Windows drivers and probably other operating systems will be supported later on, but that will take time...
Reviewed by Anton Belev on August 20th 2008, 02:05 PM

Great product, but not for everyone - pt2

Be prepared to take your time and try different things and see how it works out as you play with the device, a good starting point would be the official OCZ support forum, because there is already a good community formed from different NIA users sharing their problems, ideas and experiences with the device.

One more thing you'll have to be prepared if you are buying the NIA - the potential problems you might run into trying to use the device. A lot of people are having problems with electromagnetic interferences caused by other electronic devices along with some grounding problems. If you experience such problems you might have a lot of trouble with adjusting the sensitivity of the NIA, but then again there are a lot of different approaches to get rid of the problems. Again a good starting point is the official support forum if you experience any trouble with the NIA.
Reviewed by Anton Belev on August 20th 2008, 02:04 PM

Great product, but not for everyone - pt1

The NIA is the first commercial product of its kind that comes at affordable price. And because the unit uses eye movement, muscle movement and brainwaves for control you'll have to be prepared for an extensive learning, before you could start using it effectively. Don't expect to take it out of the box and start playing games with it immediately, you'll have to spent a few days just figuring out how things work and how to control things with eye movement (glance) and face muscle control. Then things become even more complicated, because it is time to learn how to control alpha and beta brainwaves in order to use them as action triggers in games or other programs.

Bear in mind that the manual is not very extensive on the learning curve, so you'll have to read a bit more if you are not familiar with how EEG devices work and what type of information you get from them. It only explains the part on how to use the software, but not on how to learn to control your eye or muscle movements, let alone the brainwaves.
Reviewed by Anton Belev on August 20th 2008, 02:03 PM

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