From: dbarberi@mothra.syr.edu (London W11)
Subject: Re: TECH: Use of EMG as input to VR systems?
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 21:23:21 EDT
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY



In article <1992Sep5.213324.9852@u.washington.edu> megazone@cs.uq.oz.au (Aubry Thonon (A.L.G.)) writes:

>In <1992Sep4.123814.54182@qut.edu.au> barker@qut.edu.au writes:
>
>>Just wondering if any has used EMG signals (monitoring of electrical
>>signal produced by active muscles) as inputs to their VR systems.
>>One that comes to mind is the use of EMG signals from the muscles
>>which control the eye to give an indication of where the subject is
>>looking.
>
>I saw an article on a TV Science Show (Australian, Beyond 2000),
>talking about Drs Hugh Lusted and Ben Knapp, two Electrical Engineers
>from Stanford U.S.A.  They'd developed a system they called "Biomuse"
>(sp?). Used skin electrodes and read eye muscles as well as arm
>muscles. Good demo is given by a local (USA) all female musical group
>called "D'Cuckoo".  'Fraid I don't know much more than that...
 
  While at the SU VR lab we were visited by 2 doctors from California
( I think the same people you mention ) who showed an amazing video
tape of their work with EMG devices.

  One part showed a small child that could control a smiley face's
motion across a computer screen with eye movements, and another showed
a man creating music by moving different parts of his arm.  The
Doctors were very excited about using this to help the disabled and as
an aid for physical therapy.
    
  In addition, the Doctors were also using a dataglove system to track
how patients with hand injuries progressed.

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