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Road to VR
MAY 30, 2024
Google and Magic Leap today announced a “strategic technology partnership.” Google Cardboard was first out the door way back in 2014, and introduced millions to a very basic VR experience made by slapping a smartphone into a cardboard viewer with simple lenses. Google has had several starts and stops in the XR space.
The Ghost Howls
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
I thought it would have taken me a lot before I would be able to try the Magic Leap One , but luckily this has not been the case. We had full-body room-scale VR in 2014 , we were so cool. At a certain point, I asked him: “oh, you said me that you have tried Magic Leap… how is it?” I was amazed.
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Road to VR
APRIL 8, 2019
AT&T and Magic Leap formed a partnership last year which looked a lot like the one between Cingular (now merged with AT&T) and Apple which led to the launch of iPhone. Magic Leap’s marketing for its first AR headset, the Magic Leap One ‘Creator Edition’, has been… curious, to say the least.
Upload VR
MAY 30, 2024
Magic Leap has entered a "multi-faceted, strategic technology partnership" with Google. The companies say the partnership will combine Magic Leap's "leadership in optics and manufacturing" with Google's "technology platforms". Google was an initial investor in Magic Leap, leading a $542 million funding round back in 2014.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
This comes alongside an alleged partnership with Samsung that would see the development of a wholly new consumer AR device that is rumored to tether to a Samsung smartphone. Making an AR headset accessible enough for consumers is a vastly different challenge to producing higher cost enterprise headsets— just ask Magic Leap.
VRScout
MAY 30, 2017
I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. After quietly settling a gender discrimination lawsuit recently, it turns out that Magic Leap is back on the fundraising trail.
Upload VR
JUNE 6, 2023
In 2014, Facebook acquired Oculus and planted a flag in virtual reality. Apple's announcement today is a very good validation of the overall XR/spatial computing sector," Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz wrote to me. Meta Quest vs. Apple Vision In buying Oculus in 2014, Zuckerberg first put forth his quest for spatial computing.
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