New wave of controllers?

Eye-Tracking web-cam-glassesmaggigers.
Students at London Imperial College are developing new input devices that use your own eyes as the controllers.

As of now they have developed the tech to match eye movement with the movement of a paddle in a classic game of pong. The potentials for other uses are what make this contraption ... juicy.

Imaging a game where you can actually focus in real time, reading something up close then taking aim down the sight of a rifle. Eye tracking can provide cursor input for computers (but considering the technology needs to right-cick, middle-click, left-click and even scroll now a days, it would need some tinkering). If they work it out, FPS's will be more accurate and more about who spots who first. The disabled get a win for their side too , since sometimes they are not able to use their hands, this way they are provided with a means of playing games they could otherwise never play.

The best part is that its somewhat affordable. At about $37 USD for developing the glasses, it doesnt seem too bad.


Impulse Controls
Microsoft is developing tech that uses muscle impulse for controller inputs. As of now its a series of wires connected to your arms that allow your muscles to dole out raw data to computers that other developers can use as inputs. So playing guitar hero is as simple as holding your thumb to your index finger for the green button then strumming your right hand for the strum bar (think Air Guitar!). Other applications include snapping fingers for car doors or changing ipod songs while on the move. This device can also aid the disabled that do not have hand movment to bypass conventional controllers.