Road to VR
MAY 2, 2019
Magic Leap, one of the most well-funded startups in history, just took on a $280 million investment from Japan-based mobile phone operator NTT DOCOMO. As Japan’s largest mobile operator, Docomo is slated to be Magic Leap’s exclusive telecommunications partner in Japan.
ARPost
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Magic Leap has a way of laying low for months at a time and then popping up with huge announcements. However, the Magic Leap One – released last summer – remains one of the most desired headsets in the XR world. That was when they announced partnerships with Unreal and Japanese telecommunications firm DOCOMO.
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The Ghost Howls
MARCH 16, 2020
Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap is on sale. A report on Bloomberg informed us all that Magic Leap is exploring a sale of the company. The sales never skyrocketed and now Magic Leap is in desperate need of cash , after many layoffs, disappointing sales, and having put its IP as collaterals to a bank.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 13, 2020
Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Peggy Johnson is the new CEO of Magic Leap. News worth a mention.
The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
who first immigrated to Japan over 25 years ago. teams for Japan. Meleap (pronounced “may-leap”) is a combination of the words “Merry” and “Leap”. As of 2019, we are an expanding private company with about 40 people based in Japan and funded by Japanese venture capitalists.
Road to VR
JULY 24, 2019
Despite securing $280 million from Japan’s largest telecom earlier this summer, we’ve heard surprisingly little from the multi-billion dollar AR startup of late regarding its flagship headset, Magic Leap One. Image courtesy Magic Leap, Weta Workshop. Accessibility, Third-party Integration & More.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Like the first HoloLens the device also enables glasses wearers to simply slot the device in front of their spectacles (distinct advantage compared to Magic Leap). Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, then took to the stage to say that Unreal Engine 4 support would also be arriving on the HoloLens 2.
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