Andreas ForslandFounder

United States - Santa Barbara, California

Andreas is the Founder & CEO of Cognixion, the Assisted Reality company based in Santa Barbara, California and Toronto, Ontario.

Cognixion ONE is a brain-computer interface that is integrated with an augmented reality display. It has wide ranging implications as foundational technology for a future metaverse where our mind and body are immersed into the user experience.

The primary focus at Cognixion is ensuring that the future of AR is universally accessible with the help of biological sensors and intuitive user interfaces and is designed to assist millions of people with complex disabilities using their face, eyes and now brain as a direct control interface for mobile and AR, and is addressing the needs of a half billion people worldwide with physical and communication challenges.

Cognixion is recognized as a top 21 neurotech startup to watch, recently won the 2021 Red Dot Best of the Best Award for AR/VR and nominated for the 2021 Red Dot Luminary Award (top 5 out of 4000 top products globally), the Edison Award Gold and Singularity Global Grand Challenge, and are led by luminaries including the creator Siri, and signal processing sensor fusion for the Tricorder Xprize winner, plus multiple patents in the areas of natural user interfaces and brain-computer interface for augmented reality.

www.cognixion.com