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Cognixion Turns To Vision Pros For Its Brain-To-Computer Interface
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Cognixion, a California-based brain–computer interface (BCI) startup, is launching a clinical trial with ten participants to test a system that enables paralyzed patients with speech disorders to communicate using modified Vision Pros.
The Big Picture: Most BCI startups — like Neuralink and Synchron — focus on implants that connect directly to the brain. While effective, those approaches are invasive and risky. Cognixion’s noninvasive system, which combines AI with consumer tech, could make BCI far more scalable and accessible.
Behind The Headset: Thanks to Cognixion, Professor X’s Cerebro is closer to becoming a reality.
The trial uses Vision Pro with an AR app and a custom headband that reads brain signals from the back of the head.
It detects “visual fixation signals” — when someone focuses on an object or person, a “menu of options appears in the interface using mental attention alone.”
Users can then engage through AI-generated responses or compose speech entirely via brainwaves.
The AI model is customized to each user, trained on their humor, writing style, and speaking history.
The Future: Cognixion has already tested the tech on its own headset, the Axon-R, which “enabled participants to ‘speak’ through the headset at a rate approaching normal conversation speed,” according to Wired. Now, the company wants to leverage the Vision Pro — made possible by a new Apple protocol — because, well, everything someone needs for communication is already built into the OS.
Prediction: With Apple shifting its focus to AI glasses rather than new Vision Pro iterations, Cognixion may need to make its system portable across a range of smart headsets and glasses — which, if achieved, could truly revolutionize the BCI industry.
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Today’s email was written by David Vendrell.
Edited by Nick Comney. Polled and Copy-edited by Kait Cunniff.
Published by Darline Salazar.