The Brainarium: An Interactive Immersive Tool for Brain Education, Art, and Neurotherapy
Table 1
List of hardware and software applications required for setting up the Brainarium.
Software
Operating system
Function
Emotiv Control Center
MS Windows
Acquire EEG data and transmit it to the software “Mind Your OSC”
Mind Your OSC
MS Windows
Receive data from Emotiv Control Center and transmit them to vvvv using OSC protocol
vvvv
MS Windows
(i) Receive OSC data packets from “Mind Your OSC” (ii) Calibrate the system (iii) Compute the video speed (iv) Display hemispheric video
OpenVibe Acquisition Server
MS Windows or Linux
Acquire EEG data and transmit it to OpenVibe Designer
OpenVibe Designer
MS Windows or Linux
(i) Collect data from OpenVibe Acquisition Server (ii) Process EEG signal (extract alpha frequency band) (iii) Compute and display real time EEG topography
Blender
MS Windows or Linux
Display a 3D brain model in the Game Engine with a full dome display mode