The group Snapparent company of Snapchatannounced on March 23 the acquisition of NextMindspecializing in interfaces between the brain and machines.
No information on the amount of this acquisition has been communicated. The French start-up had already presented on 2020 a first product.
This is a headband allowing you to control your computer or headset VRbut also to unlock an iPad by thought. The product will however be abandoned with the integration of the company to Snap.
The 20 employees of the start-up will keep their jobs and will still work in France, but for the Snap Labtaking care of the development of Spectacles glasses and a future drone.
The acquisition of the French start-up should allow the American group Snap to strengthen itself in the augmented reality sector, in which it continues to invest and bet.
It would also allow it to get ahead of some of its competitors, such as Meta and Apple.
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