title: Walking through a virtual city by thought.
abstract: This paper gives a short overview of the feasibility of walking through a virtual city by using motor imagery. Therefore an electroencephalogram-based brain-computer interface (BCI) is combined with virtual reality technology. A BCI transforms bioelectrical brain signals, modulated by mental activity (e.g. imagination of foot or right hand movements), into a control signal. This signal is used to walk forward / backward or to remain stationary inside a virtual city. Results of the first experimental sessions are presented.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human-Computer Interfaces, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leeb
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pfurtscheller