Facebook Acquires Startup Working on to control Computers Using Brain
Facebook acquires a startup working on ways to command computers or other devices using brain thought instead of taps, swipes, or keystrokes.
CTRL-labs will become part of Facebook Reality Labs with an aim at perfecting the technology and getting it into consumer products, according to Andrew Bosworth, vice president of augmented and virtual reality at the California-based social network.
"We know there are more natural,
intuitive ways to interact with devices and technology," Bosworth said
in a post at Facebook announcing the acquisition.
"And we want to
build them. The vision for this work is a wristband that lets people
control their devices as a natural extension of movement."
Bosworth explained that the wristband will decode electrical
impulses such as those sent to ha...