How different immersive environments affect intracortical brain computer interfaces.

ABSTRACT: As brain-computer interface (BCI) research advances, many new applications are being developed. Tasks can be performed in different environments, and whether a BCI user can switch environments seamlessly will influence the ultimate utility of a clinical device. Here we investigate the importance of the immersiveness of the virtual environment used to train BCI decoders on the resulting decoder and its generalizability between environments. Two participants who had intracortical electrodes implanted in their precentral gyrus used a BCI to control a virtual arm, either viewed immersively through virtual reality goggles or at a distance on a flat television monitor. Each participant performed better with a decoder trained and tested in the environment they had used the most prior to the study

SUBMITTER: Tortolani AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11312620 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature