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Magic Leap Founder Rony Abovitz to Step Down as CEO

Road to VR

Magic Leap pivoted to the enterprise space recently after an extended lukewarm reception by consumers for its $2,300 AR headset. Abovitz released a statement on the Magic Leap blog explaining the move, saying that a change in his role was “a natural next step” to bringing about the next phase of the company.

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Spatial Beats: Magic Leap 2, Holoride & Leo

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This week, we look at new AR and VR funding rounds, Magic Leap 2, and the latest in virtual collaboration. Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson says their new AR headset will arrive Q4, 2021. The lighter, slight less bulky Magic Leap 2 will double the size of its field of view. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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New Magic Leap Video Tells Us Nothing About What the Company Is Working On

Road to VR

Born out of the founder’s lifetime love affair with sci-fi, surrealism, and a fortuitous road trip across the US, the story of Magic Leap’s founding reads like a beat generation novel about discovering magic in ordinary experiences. image courtesy Magic Leap. And that was the pretty humble origin.”

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Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment

Road to VR

It had a compelling reason to exist, which is why Microsoft directly competed against iPod Touch over the course of three device generations before eventually giving up the goat in 2011 and discontinuing the third-gen Zune. Three years later it released HoloLens 2, which directly competes today against Magic Leap Two.

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Oculus CTO John Carmack Talks Immersive Technology On The Joe Rogan Podcast

VRScout

The CTO explains his skepticism of the technology before diving into the unfulfilled promises made by Magic Leap in regards to their Magic Leap One Creator Edition headset. He would eventually go on to develop the Oculus Rift alongside Palmer Lucky in 2011. . [ Image Credit: Joe Rogan Experience. [

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Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021

Road to VR

IDC themselves predicted in 2011 that by 2015, Microsoft’s then new (and now dead) Windows Phone platform would overtake Apple’s IOS as in the mobile phone market. It should also be pointed out that, as is the case for every market researcher, predictions can easily be wide of the mark.

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Inside Magic Leap, The Secretive $4.5 Billion Startup Changing.

AllThingsVR

Inside Magic Leap, The Secretive $4.5 All these wonders are illusions, conjured into being through the lenses of a “mixed reality” headset–the arcane invention of the startup called Magic Leap. Magic Leap has operated in extreme secrecy since it was founded in 2011. A different reality, in fact.