Q&A: What does the Facebook acquisition of CTRL-Labs mean for Neurotechnology and Augmented & Virtual Reality?

Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/09/26/qa-what-does-the-facebook-acquisition-of-ctrl-labs-mean-for-neurotech-and-augmented-virtual-reality/

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While sitting at dinner with an unsuspecting friend, my phone blew up with oddly-late messages from fellow neurotechnology comrades. CTRL-Labs announced their impending acquisition by Facebook and integration into Facebook Reality Labs (responsible for Oculus et al.), for enough money to buy my guilt-inducingly-expensive New York coffee for a meager 550,000 years. Woah—so very many questions. I figured I’d share (and consider this an open invitation to reach out and throw in your 100 billion cents-worth).

As a quick note before proceeding, aside from its pragmatic communication implications, I don’t much mind whether or not CTRL-Labs and other EMG technologies hold philosophical credence as true neurotechnologi…

Source: https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2019/09/26/qa-what-does-the-facebook-acquisition-of-ctrl-labs-mean-for-neurotech-and-augmented-virtual-reality/

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While sitting at dinner with an unsuspecting friend, my phone blew up with oddly-late messages from fellow neurotechnology comrades. CTRL-Labs announced their impending acquisition by Facebook and integration into Facebook Reality Labs (responsible for Oculus et al.), for enough money to buy my guilt-inducingly-expensive New York coffee for a meager 550,000 years. Woah—so very many questions. I figured I’d share (and consider this an open invitation to reach out and throw in your 100 billion cents-worth).

As a quick note before proceeding, aside from its pragmatic communication implications, I don’t much mind whether or not CTRL-Labs and other EMG technologies hold philosophical credence as true neurotechnologi…

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