A low-cost, open-source, BCI-VR prototype for real-Time signal processing of EEG to manipulate 3D VR objects as a form of neurofeedback

Michael McMahon; Michael Schukat

doi:10.1109/ISSC.2018.8585373

A low-cost, open-source, BCI-VR prototype for real-Time signal processing of EEG to manipulate 3D VR objects as a form of neurofeedback

Michael McMahon
, Michael Schukat

Computer Science

University of Galway

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Abstract

In this paper we present a low-cost and open-source brain-computer interface (BCI) virtual-reality (VR) prototype for real-Time signal processing of Electroencephalography (EEG) event-related desynchronization and synchronization changes (ERD/ERS) within the Precentral Gyrus (Motor Cortex), which allows the user to manipulate a 3D object within a Virtual Reality Environment as a form of immersive neurofeedback. This BCI-VR system prototype was functionally tested on multiple participants and demonstrated live before an audience during the 2017 'Hack the Brain' at the Dublin Science Gallery. The availability of a low cost, effective, BCI-VR solution targeted at researchers and developers, which is capable of analysing a subject's BCI performance and presenting neurofeedback VR to a level acceptable for academic and industry experimentation, has the potential to open up this field to much wider range of researchers and could help increase the functional outcomes for stroke rehabilitation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538660461
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSC.2018.8585373
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2018
Event	29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018 - Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Jun 2018 → 22 Jun 2018

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Name	29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018

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Conference	29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Belfast
Period	21/06/18 → 22/06/18

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Keywords

BCI
Brain Computer Interface
Event-Related Potentials
Motor Rehabilitation
open-source
Virtual Reality
VR

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McMahon, M., & Schukat, M. (2018). A low-cost, open-source, BCI-VR prototype for real-Time signal processing of EEG to manipulate 3D VR objects as a form of neurofeedback. In 29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018 Article 8585373 (29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSC.2018.8585373

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McMahon, M & Schukat, M 2018, A low-cost, open-source, BCI-VR prototype for real-Time signal processing of EEG to manipulate 3D VR objects as a form of neurofeedback. in 29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018., 8585373, 29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018, Belfast, United Kingdom, 21/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSC.2018.8585373

A low-cost, open-source, BCI-VR prototype for real-Time signal processing of EEG to manipulate 3D VR objects as a form of neurofeedback. / McMahon, Michael; Schukat, Michael.
29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 8585373 (29th Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2018).

Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Publication/Proceeding › Conference Publication › peer-review

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A low-cost, open-source, BCI-VR prototype for real-Time signal processing of EEG to manipulate 3D VR objects as a form of neurofeedback

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