It's been a longer wait than first announced but it looks like Emotiv might actually get their long awaited Epoc PC thought based controller to its customers just before the end of the year. The device' official web site indicates that "limited quantities" of the device will ship to US customers only on December 21, just a few days before Christmas, for $299.

The device, which is supposed to let PC gamers control actions with just their thought while wearing the device on their heads, made its official debut at the Game Developers Conference in 2008 with a press event with lots of media attending. It turned out to be a bomb as the Epoc did not work as expected (at the time he company blamed interference from nearby high-powered wireless equipment).

While the device was supposed to go on sale by the end of 2008, the company delayed its release and went into semi-stealth mode until recently. During the GDC 2008 demo the company announced that developer Demiurge Studios would create a game specifically for the Epoc controller but there's no sign of such a game being included with the device.

[Via Engadget]