Augmented reality (AR) firm Snap announced on Wednesday it had bought out human-computer interface (HCI) startup NextMind, potentially leading to the next phase of immersive hardware. According to Snap, NextMind’s team would continue to operate from its Paris office despite the buyout. The company’s Snap Lab hardware division focuses on “building devices that advance Snap’s augmented reality platform,” it said at the time. #BCI pic.twitter.com/UGYhLfet3O — NextMind (@nextmind) November 25, 2021NextMind’s diverse team of hardware engineers and neuroscientists developed the wearable, which measures and interprets neural signals in the human brain’s cortex region. WaveOptics currently has a partnership with Belgian lensmaker Luxexcel to produce bespoke prescription lenses for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) devices.

Source: Libya Today March 24, 2022 11:12 UTC