Is This Brain Controller the Future of Video Games?

Check out snap DISCOVERY's latest hands-free, brain-to-computer interface and how the technology is shaping the future of entertainment

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00:00Tell us a little bit about what Snap Discovery is and how it works.

00:07Snap Discovery is a deep tech company and we let you control games and software with your mind.

00:13We have an AI pipeline which is trained on the user's thoughts.

00:17And you can, for example, think of moving your left hand or moving your right hand or your concentrating.

00:23And then we take these models which we have trained and use them as an input for the software or the games

00:28so that we can control it.

00:30And for the games, is it only games that are native to your whole company or is it other types of games that could be used on?

00:37Tell us a little bit about how that works.

00:38So right now we're emulating just the keystrokes on the keyboard so we could just control any game.

00:44But we try to change a little bit the development of the games so that the games will be more designed for the brain

00:51and not for the hand movement so that there will be a little shift in the interface.

00:56And why did you want to start this? What made you think this is what I want to devote my time and energy to?

01:02I just think it's the next stage of communication to our technology.

01:06It's the direct and most immersive and intentional communication to technology.

01:12But of course it also helps people with disabilities who cannot move their arms or hands any more correctly.

01:17So it will also be a benefit to a lot of people.

01:20What do you think is the biggest challenge right now? Because this is so many different moving parts you're working with.

01:24What's the hardest thing that you're grappling with right now?

01:28Well, the hardest part right now is the hardware to bring it into a nice usability.

01:34So because the systems we are using right now are research devices and development devices.

01:41But to have an everyday system, it needs to be comfortable, easy to use, quick.

01:45Yeah, and this is right now where we are working on.

01:47And so what is the timeline if I'm like, I'm excited for this, let's go get it.

01:51What are you thinking for the timeline of when it'll actually be on the market?

01:54Yeah, we think it's like around one and a half years.

01:57And then we have a system which is, well, maybe not fully in the market, but to show something which is easy and nice to use.

02:05Yeah, that's amazing. That's so exciting that that's actually not too far off.

02:09And when you think about the future of not just your company, but the whole industry, where do you see that going?

02:14You mentioned a little bit about helping people with disabilities, things like that.

02:17Where do you see all of this going?

02:19Well, I think one of the biggest vision in that part is silent speech.

02:22So that you think about words and you're not typing them in anymore or you're not speaking them out anymore.

02:27A little bit like telepathy.

02:29I don't know.

02:30Yeah, I think that is a big goal there.

02:32And later on, we don't only want to control games, but the smartphone so that our thumb gets a little rest here and yeah.