Visualising Feeling: Real-Time EEG Emotion Technology
Summary
What if you could see your brainwaves turned into real-time art that reveals how you feel? EVE (The EEG Visualizer of Emotions) is a live emotional visualization tool that transforms EEG signals into dynamic, responsive visuals. Blending neurotechnology, AI, and art, EVE opens new ways to explore emotional insight, user experience, and live experience. It can create interactive & personalized sensory designs, drive immersive wellbeing experiences, measure mood, emotion & real-time neural responses, map emotional learning & deepen meaning.
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Contributors
- Steffi Marty
- Leah Kurta
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