This paper shows a motor imaginary based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) virtual navigation system. The virtual navigation system is designed for motion disabled people to navigate and control between virtual environment as well as real environment. This system consists of the brain-computer interface using motor imagery brain signals, the communication module, the brain signal analyzer and the virtual world linked with a physical miniature model of real home environment. A preliminary user evaluation showed that our BCI-testbed produced a reasonable classification rate to be used in virtual reality and real world. In the near future, we will integrate this system in a ubiquitous computing environment.
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Suh, D., Cho, H.S., Goo, J., Park, K.S., Hahn, M. (2007). Virtual Navigation System for the Disabled by Motor Imagery. In: Elleithy, K., Sobh, T., Mahmood, A., Iskander, M., Karim, M. (eds) Advances in Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5261-8_24
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