Hey everybody I want to tell you about the new VR
I just showed this at the summit a few days ago
and this is virtual reality
so you guys have seen these virtual reality headsets
we're using these with neurofeedback
and I'm getting a lot of questions
how do I put on the VR headset with electrodes
so I want to show you this little video
so you see here as we begin
I've got Sam, one of our clinicians here, an occupational therapist
and he's putting on the electrodes
you know how that's done so I sped that up a little bit
and now here we are putting on the headset
so you see him applying that on Griffin here
and so they're carefully putting the headset on
and then once they've got that on then he puts the headphones in
You can also plug in different headphones there
there's a little plug and so you can plug in any kinds of headset
they're using the earbuds right now
and here they go with the beautiful Eagle game
so you fly this eagle over the landscape
and you look around and you see as you fly
he's pressing the F key on the keyboard and that puts you in free flight
and for those who are a little more sensitive in the stomach the free flight might not be for them
but if you can do it with your stomach
if it doesn't make you nauseous you press F and it puts you in free flight
and then you can look around and turn and steer and go anywhere you like
So you see up there in the corner using virtual reality
and you see how he is seated
and there's these little light boxes that go up on each corner of the room
and they help image where your head is and where the game controllers are
and he is seated
you can do this standing although I'm not quite sure how you would attach the neuroamp and the electrodes so
generally here we're just doing this seated
feel free to adventure if you find a way to do that
here we go full screen and the eagle is flying around
and you can go get these awards and stuff in the game
here's another game
and notice now he's got the game controller in his hand
and so Sam just handed Griffin the game controller there
and so he can actually play the game with his hands
so he's steering with his hands
then he's looking around the environment with his eyes
and literally when you turn your head you see a different part of the world
and it's so immersive
I mean it feels like you're there
it's really really extraordinary
the experience is amazing
I had a whole bunch of people at the summit coming and trying and sitting in there and just putting on the VR headset
not even electrodes
just putting on VR headset to just experience that for the first time
because it really is incredible
it's finally the technology is there where it's fast enough to really experience this
now those are the hand controllers that go with the vive
and what is incredible is
those hand controllers actually show up in the game
and it's amazing
you move them, they move in front of your eyes
it's so fast
it's as if your hands are really in the game controlling those game controllers and moving them around
and I think there's something really sort of mental, visceral about that
of you're moving something so quickly in the game
it all of a sudden puts you there
it feels like you're really in the game because you're moving those hand controllers
this one's a little dangerous for those who get nauseous easily
you're out on the waves
and so if you don't get nauseous this one is really beautiful
watch as they go under the water
and then above the water
you can look around and turn your head
just really gorgeous on these waves
but make sure you're checking whether people get nauseous
it's a little confusing if somebody...
what are we doing with the neurofeedback, what are we doing with the VR headset here
so make sure somebody's not getting nauseous from the VR
so you can look and the game you stare at
it counts to 100 there and then it chooses that game
so you can choose just by looking
and you look at the menu and it selects what game to play
and here he's just in this beautiful environment
the feedback is part of this
you have this graying out
a lot of things get darker or smaller with the training frequency
with the inhibits you get sort of a graying out
so the feedback is involved
a lot of things are changing in the game
so these are specially designed for this work
and they've been specially designed or modified specifically for this
and that's the new VR
you saw him taking off the headset there
and I hope you'll check it out
it is a little bit of an expensive endeavor
you do have to get a HTC vive or an oculus rift
and I know oculus is having like a half-off special right now so those are kind of inexpensive
and HTC vive
and there's some setup that's involved
you gotta put in these little light boxes
or the oculus has it's a little camera
so there's some work involved there
and you do have to have a VR ready computer
so to have this really fast speed of
using those controllers and having them respond that quickly
and having the graphics look nice
and running Cygnet at the same time
you really need a computer that can handle that
and we're talking about Nvidia's GTX 1060 or higher
feel free to talk to one of the tech people about what the specs are
and so you do need to VR ready computer
you do need the HTC vive or oculus rift
and you need the game itself
which you buy over from bee medic
and that is the new VR
and I think those of you on the cutting edge
who want the latest and greatest and coolest toy
and want to invest the time and energy and money into doing that
it's there
and it is cool
we're using it here and people really really like it
thank you so much!
I'm Kurt Othmer