Last
weekend I was very fortunate to have the best boyfriend in the world. He got us last minute PAX tickets for the
entire weekend. Even more so at PAX he
bought me Necomimi ears!
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| Me in my ears. Taken on a shitty camera. |
What is it?
It is a brainwave sensor picks up and reacts to the electronic
pulse given off by neurons in your brain.
It then takes those pulses and filters out electorate noise from the out
side and in your brain as well, and then interprets the brain waves in one of 4
categories. See pic below.
Who is this
for?
This is for convention goers, cosplayers, owners or
employees or geek/game shops, and people who can’t form expressions on there
face.
What is in
the box?
Necomimi head set, 1 pair of ears (the white ones), and
instruction manual.
How do I
turn it on?
This device takes 4 AAA batteries, once you have placed them
in the battery compartment all you have to do is place the head set (with the
ears on) on your heard, adjust the forehead sensor so it is firmly flushed
above your left eyebrow, and push the button on the side. It takes the headset about a minute to
calibrate the ears, for me it is around 30 seconds, and then you are off to
show the world how you are feeling.
My ears are
on, how long do they last before I have to switch out the batteries?
For me they lasted around 4 hours of strait use. It also depends on how active your brain is
at the time of wearing them. I had them
on when I was walking around PAX, I had a lot of visual and acoustic sensors
working over time causing my ears to move frequently and perk up a lot.
Is it
comfortable to wear for long periods at a time?
Kind of. There is an
ear clip that attaches to the lobe of your ear.
It is a very tight clamp that, I didn’t take any notice to it until
roughly 2 hours into my first day of wearing them. If you have a large head the
head set will feel tight on your temples and the forehead sensor will feel
tight as well. After a few wears you
will not notice the pressure from the clamp or headset it’s self. But it does leave an impression on your ear
from the clamp as well as a circular impression from the forehead sensor. Side note the movement of the ears are noise
so if you are in a quite area you may feel the need to turn them off.
Can I get
different ears for my headset?
YES! You can buy them
directly from Necomimi site or from other third parties such as Think Geek and
Amazon for an additional $20. What I
like is if you are a very crafty person you can buy blank foamies and create
your own ear style.
I want to
buy them, How much and were can I get them?
I bought mine off the PAX show floor, but you can buy them
online from there website or Amazon.
They cost around $70, much better than when they first came out at
$100.
Your best
experience wearing them.
There were 2 instances of awesome when I wore my ears. The first time I put them on my boyfriend’s
kitten kept looking at me weird and tried to bat at my ears. My cat on the other hand didn’t care and just
anted food. The second time was when I
walked around the show Floor at PAX, running into my friend and seeing there
reaction to my ears as they perked up when I saw them. I really should have been a paid spoke person
for them, I probably sent at least 20 people to there booth.
I enjoy my
ears; I will probably wear them to conventions, Halloween, and parties. Are they a sound investment to everyone? Probably not, but it is a fun prop and gives
insight to future brainwave technology.
If you are on the fence I would suggest find a friend who has then and
test them out for yourself.
Do you own a pair of Necomimi or have tried
them in the past?
Have a suggestion on
what I should review next; let me in the comment section below.
Check out the
Necomimi site for more in
formation and product videos.
See you
Monday for a wrap up of my week.
See you on the other side.
