Research Article

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.

SoftwareOperating systemFunction

Emotiv Control CenterMS WindowsAcquire EEG data and transmit it to the software “Mind Your OSC”

Mind Your OSCMS WindowsReceive data from Emotiv Control Center and transmit them to vvvv using OSC protocol

vvvvMS 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 ServerMS Windows or LinuxAcquire EEG data and transmit it to OpenVibe Designer

OpenVibe DesignerMS 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

BlenderMS Windows or LinuxDisplay a 3D brain model in the Game Engine with a full dome display mode