Brain-computer interface technology meets AR as Cognixion lands $12 million
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➨ Neural interface startup Cognixion has raised $12 million in seed funding to continue development of its wireless brain-computer interface and AR headset
➨ Prime Movers Lab led the seed round, with co-investors Northwell Health, Amazon Alexa Fund and Volta Circle
➨ Cognixion ONE is designed to open up digital technologies for users with motor and speech disabilities, but its creators and backers also believe it could contribute to the development of the metaverse
➨ With this in mind, Cognixion confirms headset users will be able to interface directly with Amazon Alexa from anywhere
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Neural interface startup Cognixion has raised $12 million in seed funding to continue development of its wireless brain-computer interface and augmented reality (AR) headset.
Prime Movers Lab led the Santa Barbara, California, USA-based startup’s seed round, with co-investors Northwell Health, Amazon Alexa Fund and Volta Circle.
Cognixion intends to use the seed funding to develop new adaptive interfaces for Cognixion ONE that make the headset easier to use for any user.
This is the company’s modus operandi, to make digital technologies much more accessible than they currently are.
The means, Cognixion ONE, is a smartphone-assisted mobile headset that stimulates the brain via brain-computer interface technology and reads its activity while sending control signals back to a custom-built AR app and integrated display.
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