Low-cost HMD and EEG: using visual stimulation by the Oculus Rift® to detect stronger ERDs induced by motion imagery

Zoulias, I., Hayashi, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9207-6322, Harwin, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3928-3381 and Nasuto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9414-9049 (2015) Low-cost HMD and EEG: using visual stimulation by the Oculus Rift® to detect stronger ERDs induced by motion imagery. In: 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 25-29 August 2015, Milan, Italy. (Unpublished)

Abstract/Summary

Virtual Reality (VR) can provide visual stimuli for EEG studies that can be altered in real time and can produce effects that are difficult or impossible to reproduce in a non-virtual experimental platform. As part of this experiment the Oculus Rift, a commercial-grade, low-cost, Head Mounted Display (HMD) was assessed as a visual stimuli platform for experiments recording EEG. Following, the device was used to investigate the effect of congruent visual stimuli on Event Related Desynchronisation (ERD) due to motion imagery.