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Whatever else one can say about Elon Musk, the guy employs some incredibly talented engineers, and the latest update from the Neuralink project is like something from the future. A major goal for Neuralink is improving the lives of people with severe disabilities up to full-body paralysis, and now the 18th participant (in what is still a trial) has posted about their progress after 100 days: and part of it involves playing World of Warcraft.
Previously we've seen Neuralink patients playing games like Counter-Strike 2 and, while that is still sorcery, in that case the interface was aided by a single mouth-controlled joystick. But the nature of the two games aside, WoW's controls are on a different level: it's one of those that, depending how deep you want to go, can end up with almost every key bound to some sort of macro, alongside mouse controls.
British Army veteran Jon Noble has had the Neuralink implant installed into his motor cortex for 100 days, and in a new update first describes the surgical process he had to go through:
"The surgery on Day 0 was surprisingly easy," writes Noble on X. "A quick general anaesthetic, a small incision, and the robotic system did the rest—precisely placing the 1,024 ultra-thin threads into my motor cortex. I woke up alert and in good spirits and went home the next afternoon. By Day 3 I was feeling a lot better, and by Day 7 the little scar was already starting to fade. Recovery was genuinely minimal; I felt sharper and more positive than I had been in years after the [Brain Control Interface] was turned on."
By the second week Noble's chip had been paired with an Apple MacBook, "and within a couple of minutes I was moving the cursor just by thinking. At first it felt like trying to remember a dream, but by week three it was second nature. Scrolling, clicking, typing—all mind-controlled. The Mac integration was buttery smooth; I went from total Mac newbie to power-user faster than I ever expected."
By day 80 of using the chip Noble says he was "ready for the big leagues" and fired up World of Warcraft, using "pure thought control".
"The first raid felt clunky, but once my brain and the BCI synced, it was pure magic," he said. "I'm now raiding, and exploring Azeroth hands-free at full speed—no mouse, no keyboard, just intention. It's honestly brilliant. The freedom...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
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Whatever else one can say about Elon Musk, the guy employs some incredibly talented engineers, and the latest update from the Neuralink project is like something from the future. A major goal for Neuralink is improving the lives of people with severe disabilities up to full-body paralysis, and now the 18th participant (in what is still a trial) has posted about their progress after 100 days: and part of it involves playing World of Warcraft.
Previously we've seen Neuralink patients playing games like Counter-Strike 2 and, while that is still sorcery, in that case the interface was aided by a single mouth-controlled joystick. But the nature of the two games aside, WoW's controls are on a different level: it's one of those that, depending how deep you want to go, can end up with almost every key bound to some sort of macro, alongside mouse controls.
British Army veteran Jon Noble has had the Neuralink implant installed into his motor cortex for 100 days, and in a new update first describes the surgical process he had to go through:
"The surgery on Day 0 was surprisingly easy," writes Noble on X. "A quick general anaesthetic, a small incision, and the robotic system did the rest—precisely placing the 1,024 ultra-thin threads into my motor cortex. I woke up alert and in good spirits and went home the next afternoon. By Day 3 I was feeling a lot better, and by Day 7 the little scar was already starting to fade. Recovery was genuinely minimal; I felt sharper and more positive than I had been in years after the [Brain Control Interface] was turned on."
By the second week Noble's chip had been paired with an Apple MacBook, "and within a couple of minutes I was moving the cursor just by thinking. At first it felt like trying to remember a dream, but by week three it was second nature. Scrolling, clicking, typing—all mind-controlled. The Mac integration was buttery smooth; I went from total Mac newbie to power-user faster than I ever expected."
By day 80 of using the chip Noble says he was "ready for the big leagues" and fired up World of Warcraft, using "pure thought control".
"The first raid felt clunky, but once my brain and the BCI synced, it was pure magic," he said. "I'm now raiding, and exploring Azeroth hands-free at full speed—no mouse, no keyboard, just intention. It's honestly brilliant. The freedom...Read more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com
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