Emotiv EPOC, gaming for the true couch potatoe

Last December I finally received my long awaited Emotiv EPOC EEG headset.  However, after trying it on initially and quickly trying the demo content that I downloaded off their website I have had no significant timeframe to test out the device. <FAIL>

I’ve heard good things about it’s capabilities from a fellow researcher who has one and has spent a significant amount of time looking at EEG and other measurements for evaluating user engagement.  My own goal is to use the device in order measure a users excitement and/or frustration levels as they interact with (theoretically) any interface.  For the freelance work I do, this will let me add a quantitative and scientifically founded argument to design recommendations that would be qualitatively based using more traditional HF methodologies.

My goal is to spend a week over the summer ramping up on the device, getting a baseline for myself (testing it with video games), and then run a pilot study with 2-3 people to see how hard the process would be to incorporate in a traditional usability test.