{"id":14813,"date":"2019-09-25T07:06:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/?p=14813"},"modified":"2019-09-25T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T13:30:29","slug":"facebook-merges-ctrl-labs-and-its-mind-decoding-wristband-in-its-reality-labs-division-looking-for-more-natural-ways-to-interact-with-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/facebook-merges-ctrl-labs-and-its-mind-decoding-wristband-in-its-reality-labs-division-looking-for-more-natural-ways-to-interact-with-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook merges CTRL-Labs and its mind decoding wristband in its Reality Labs Division, looking for more natural ways to interact with devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Bosworth (Facebook&#8217;s Augmented and Virtual-Reality Vice President) announced last 23rd September though a message posted on his Facebook wall that Facebook has agreed to to acquire CTRL-Labs.<\/p>\n<p>Co-founded by Thomas Reardon (CEO) and Patrick Kaifosh (CSO), this tech startup acquired by Facebook has developed a wristband that lets people controlling their devices as a natural extension of movement.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2018, the CTRL-kit is still not available in the market, but currently in preview for select developers.<br \/>\nWith CTRL-wristband, people can use their hands to pick up and finely control the speed of objects in 3D space. It allows the users to interact with virtual environments the way they naturally interact with the real world.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Controlling your devices with your spinal cord electric signals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00abHere\u2019s how it\u2019ll work,\u00bb explains Bosworth on his post, \u00bb You have neurons in your spinal cord that send electrical signals to your hand muscles telling them to move in specific ways such as to click a mouse or press a button. The wristband will decode those signals and translate them into a digital signal your device can understand, empowering you with control over your digital life. It captures your intention so you can share a photo with a friend using an imperceptible movement or just by, well, intending to.\u00bb<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14816\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CTRL-Labs-Wristband-KIT.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14816\" src=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CTRL-Labs-Wristband-KIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CTRL-Labs-Wristband-KIT.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CTRL-Labs-Wristband-KIT-768x394.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">CTRL-Labs Wristband KIT \u00abat work\u00bb. \u00a9 CTRL-Labs<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the importance of the advance developed by CTRL-Labs the Facebook&#8217;s Augmented and Virtual-Reality Vice President underscores: \u00abTechnology like this has the potential to open up new creative possibilities and reimagine 19th century inventions in a 21st century world. This is how our interactions in VR and AR can one day look. It can change the way we connect.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Looking for more natural, intuitive ways to interact with devices<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the reason why Facebook agreed to acquire CTRL-Labs Bosworth explaines: \u00abWe spend a lot of time trying to get our technology to do what we want rather than enjoying the people around us. We know there are more natural, intuitive ways to interact with devices and technology. And we want to build them. It\u2019s why we\u2019ve agreed to acquire CTRL-labs. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Reardon and Kaifosh, two PhD in Neuroscience from Columbia with a recognized scientific truck<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Reardon (co founder and CEO CTRL-Labs) received his PhD in Neuroscience from Columbia University, was CEO and Co-Founder of Avogadro, Inc., acquired by Openwave where he served as CTO, and creator of the Internet Explorer project at Microsoft. He\u2019s a founding Board Member of W3C, has 7 patents, and was an MIT \u201cTop 35 Young Innovator\u201d in 2004.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14814\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Thomas-Reardon_Cofounder-CTRL_Labs_CEO.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14814\" src=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Thomas-Reardon_Cofounder-CTRL_Labs_CEO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Thomas-Reardon_Cofounder-CTRL_Labs_CEO.jpg 1064w, https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Thomas-Reardon_Cofounder-CTRL_Labs_CEO-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Thomas Reardon (co founder and CEO CTRL-Labs) . \u00a9 CTRL-Labs<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Patrick Kaifosh (co-founder and CSO CTRL-Labs) received his PhD in Neuroscience from Columbia University, was a Co-Founder &amp; Board Member at Geomechanica, Inc., and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow. He has 9 publications in scientific journals including Science, Nature Neuroscience (2012, 2013, 2014), Neuron, and the Journal of Neuroscience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14815\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Patrick-Kaifosh_CTRL_Labs-co-founder_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14815\" src=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Patrick-Kaifosh_CTRL_Labs-co-founder_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Patrick-Kaifosh_CTRL_Labs-co-founder_02.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Patrick-Kaifosh_CTRL_Labs-co-founder_02-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Patrick Kaifosh (co-founder and CSO CTRL-Labs). \u00a9 CTRL-Labs<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Talented and recognized scientists from Standford University, the Imperial College of London, Johns Hopkins Un iversity, MIT, Columbia&#8217;s Zuckerman Institute and Columbia University are members of the select CTR-Labs Scientific Advisors group.<\/p>\n<p>Alexa fund, Fuel Capital, breyercapital and vulcan capital has been funding CTRL-Labs, who accounts with LUX, GV, matrixPartners and SPARK among their investors and Board members.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Image over the headline.-<\/strong> CTRL-Labs wristband kit.\u00a9 CTRL Labs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related external links<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D8pB8sNBGlE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Thomas Reardon Introduces CTRL-kit at Slush 2018 -video-<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V7B3Z28LHB8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Ctrl wristband (how it works) -video-<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/boz\/posts\/10109385805377581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Message on the purchase of CTRL labs posted by Bosworth on his Facebook wall<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boztank\/status\/1176277700861784065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet on the purchase of CTRL Labs published by Bosworth<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related Eastwind Marketing links<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/samsung-puts-hands-and-senses-on-vr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samsung puts hands and senses on VR<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/ibm-watson-to-bring-natural-interactive-features-to-vr-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBM Watson to bring natural interactive features to VR games<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/facebook-no-set-tvs-will-cost-just-around-1-in-zukerbergs-augmented-reality-no-smartphone-world-of-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook no set TVs will cost just around $1 in Zukerberg\u2019s augmented reality no smartphone world of the future<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/facebook-launches-first-mainstream-ar-platform-and-first-ever-social-vr-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook launches first AR platform and first ever social VR products<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/mwc-2016-zuckerberg-announces-social-vr-group-and-partnership-with-samsung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MWC 2016.- Zuckerberg announces social VR group and partnership with Samsung<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related Eastwind Marketing links<\/span> (old platform):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastwindmarketing.es\/blogs\/eastwindmarketingycomunicacion\/en\/2014\/12\/12\/oculus-acquires-nimble-vr-letting-hands-on-virtual-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oculus acquires Nimble VR \u201cletting hands on\u201d virtual reality<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Bosworth (Facebook&#8217;s Augmented and Virtual-Reality Vice President) announced last 23rd September though a message posted on his Facebook wall that Facebook has agreed to to acquire CTRL-Labs. Co-founded by Thomas Reardon (CEO) and Patrick Kaifosh (CSO), this tech startup acquired by Facebook has developed a wristband that lets people controlling their devices as a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/facebook-merges-ctrl-labs-and-its-mind-decoding-wristband-in-its-reality-labs-division-looking-for-more-natural-ways-to-interact-with-devices\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook merges CTRL-Labs and its mind decoding wristband in its Reality Labs Division, looking for more natural ways to interact with devices<\/span> Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[9937,9932,9931,9928,9929,4168,9934,9933,9936,2842,9930,9935],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14813"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=14813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}