A brain-computer interface breakthrough gave a patient who can’t move his limbs control of his Apple Vision Pro

The patient, 'Mark,' is a 64-year-old man with ALS who has lost function of his upper limbs – meaning he can't use the Vision Pro's hand-gesture interface. — Photo by Declan Sun on Unsplash

Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant system grabbed the spotlight after touting the initial success with its first human patient, who, despite setbacks, has the ability to interact with his laptop well enough that he can play games. But now Neuralink rival Synchron has announced a breakthrough with its own brain implant tech that takes the idea of mind-control into a whole new dimension: A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has used Synchron implants to control an Apple Vision Pro augmented reality headset.

Mind control in a new digital 3-D world