Road to VR

JULY 22, 2024

Storied AR headset unicorn Magic Leap has laid off its entire sales and marketing departments, making for around 75 jobs cut from its rolls. We will continue to actively support Magic Leap’s customers, developers and our large ecosystem through the Developer Support and Care teams.”

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The annual festival will debut new AR experiences from Magic Leap, Intel, and director Virginia Galloway. Magic Leap’s The Last Light. Magic Leap’s The Last Light. The first is The Last Light , an AR film powered by the Magic Leap One headset. SXSW Film begins on March 13th in Austin, TX.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Magic Leap just gave us the first glimpse of its Magic Leap 2 AR headset earlier this week. Comments from the CEO suggest there will be no consumer headset from Magic Leap in the near-term, but the company says its open to licensing its tech for the consumer space. Image courtesy Magic Leap.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2024

Saudi Arabia has recently injected more than half a billion dollars into augmented reality company Magic Leap, which it hopes will rival Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset. To boot, in mid-2020 Abovitz stepped down as CEO , bringing in Microsoft’s Executive VP of Business Development Peggy Johnson to fill the role.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

Image by Magic Leap). First previews show Magic Leap 2 qualities. This week some selected journalists from popular online magazines like CNET and The Verge have been able to have a preview of the upcoming Magic Leap 2 glasses. Other relevant news. And their feedback has been quite positive.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Magic Leap 1, the AR headset that helped the Plantation, Florida-based startup attract over three billion dollars in funding, will be completely defunct by late next year. The company announced this week that Magic Leap 1’s cloud services are due to be shut off on December 31st, 2024.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Image courtesy Metanaut This isn’t the first time Gadgeteer developer Metanaut wanted to bring the game out of virtual reality however, as the studio was accepted into the Magic Leap Independent Creator Program back in February 2019. Gadgeteer is the ideal game for mixed reality,” says Creative Director, Peter Kao.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Magic Leap recently announced some new programs that aim to get developers creating for the its AR headset, Magic Leap 1. The company additionally released dates for its developer conference, LEAP Developer Days, which will be held in May at Magic Leap’s headquarters in Florida.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The good news of the week is that I’ve been selected as one of the speakers at AWE USA 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. If Magic Leap is suffering, its competitor nReal is instead thriving.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Magic Leap’s next-gen AR headset, Magic Leap 2, is officially slated to launch sometime in 2021. Some of this likely comes as response to a damning report recently released by The Information that alleges the company only sold 6,000 Magic Leap One headsets in the first six months after launch.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Per se, this is not a surprising news (all companies are working on next iterations of their devices), but what is surprising is the timing that the report suggests: a new Oculus Quest should have been announced at the end of 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it will come in 2021. Image by Magic Leap).

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Next Reality AR

OCTOBER 31, 2019

After talking up the Magicverse for the past year and adding new capabilities to Lumin OS to accommodate it, Magic Leap appears to be inching ever closer to actually launching its cross-platform flavor of the AR cloud while introducing a new tool for its development community. release is scheduled to drop in the first quarter of 2020.

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Along with rebranding Magic Leap 1 for enterprise customers, Magic Leap has gifted its developer community with some new toys with a tease of more to come in 2020. Don't Miss: Magic Leap Tops the Biggest 25 AR Investments of 2019 "Spatial computing is an evolving medium for developers and creators.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2020

US Courts says Magic Leap has failed to state their claims against Nreal. Back in June of 2019, Magic Leap filed a lawsuit against Nreal claiming the company stole technology and design that belonging to the Florida-based AR company. The last several months have been rocky for Magic Leap.

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Next Reality AR

JANUARY 9, 2019

With CES in full swing, it seemed like Magic Leap would have little to announce at the major tech event, but it turns out that one of its partners has weighed in with a rather substantial update regarding the company.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise. At the same time, Magic Leap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands. At the same time, Magic Leap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It excerpts Unity’s latest report “Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR,” with commentary from industry executives, including AR Insider Editor Mike Boland. Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR. Here’s why 2020 is shaping up to be a year to remember for XR. Authors’ opinions are their own. .

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2020

Already, several top-level companies like LG, Apple , and Sony are joining the market of AR hardware producers, dominated so far by Microsoft and Magic Leap. These new models will be more affordable, lightweight and easy to use, as well as more powerful, with improved performance.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

At the beginning of 2020, the American company will finalize its reference design based on this chipset, and in the second half of the year we will see the first headsets implementing this technology. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap may be in trouble, but its CEO remains confident. Other relevant news.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 11, 2021

This week, we dive into the top-ten tech stories of 2020. A year later Magic Leap ran out of cash and laid off half the company. 2020 showed us a future still arriving, and unevenly distributed. More from AR Insider… The post Spatial Beats: 2020’s Top Ten appeared first on AR Insider. The pandemic.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Conference time and everyone is only talking about Magic Leap in these days. It seems that Microsoft has worked a lot to make the device more ergonomic and elegant , but the style remains anyway less classy than the one of Magic Leap. It’s L.E.A.P. Also showcasing an old interaction of the device has no sense.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 12, 2020

SEE ALSO Apple is Snapping up Many of Magic Leap's Former Employees. Like other AR headsets, such as HoloLens or Magic Leap One, Nreal Light AR includes 6DOF inside-out tracking, letting users walk around the room and interact with 3D content naturally.

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JULY 23, 2024

Magic Leap has reportedly laid off its sales and marketing teams as a result of the company’s decision to focus on licensing the technology behind its headsets. Only a few years ago Magic Leap was making headlines after raising $3.5 Only a few years ago Magic Leap was making headlines after raising $3.5

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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2020

Here, we’ll be taking a look at the AR and MR headsets and glasses that caught our attention in 2019 and that we’ll be keeping an eye on going into 2020. Magic Leap 1. The only real competition for the Microsoft’s HoloLens is the Magic Leap 1. MR Headsets. Varjo XR-1.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In order to access many of the best experiences, however, you must usually wear an awkward-looking headset, such as the HoloLens 2 or the Magic Leap One. The HoloLens 2 starts at $3000 , followed by the Magic Leap One at $2200. On top of that, AR glasses typically come with a steep price. Image Credit: Nreal.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 8, 2019

nReal has been sued by Epic Games for the name too similar to Unreal and by Magic Leap that claims that nReal CEO Chi Xu has stolen the technology of the American company while working there. No one from Magic Leap or nReal is authorized to talk about this topic, so I won’t address it here. Controller.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

There was a lot of hype over headsets in 2020 but there was also a growing number of increasingly immersive WebXR applications accessible through browsers on just about any connected device. This year’s ceremony will recognize contributors and contributions from 2020. Magic Leap, via the Hello browser. What Is The Polys?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

I think that this CES is the emblem of the whole 2020, that probably won’t show big disruptions in the XR field, but will make AR and VR grow linearly, exploiting the successes of VR in 2019 (when Quest and Valve Index went sold-out). pic.twitter.com/HXkmJmSh5u — KAJI / MESON CEO (@kajikent) January 7, 2020.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Nreal is probably best known for its smartphone-tethered AR glasses, dubbed Nreal Light which made headlines back at CES 2019 for its relatively small form-factor in comparison to Magic Leap One or Microsoft HoloLens. Image courtesy Nreal. Nreal Light achieves this by offloading processing to a compatible smartphone.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 7, 2020

Speaking with Road to VR at CES 2020 this week, Qualcomm’s Head of XR, Hugo Swart, said that the company’s mobile Snapdragon chipsets are now in more than 30 AR and VR headsets, including leading standalone headsets like Oculus Quest, Go, Vive Focus, and HoloLens 2. Like Intel, AMD was eager about standalone VR early on.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2020

Founded in 2016 by Anand Agarawala and Jinha Lee, the company’s social AR/VR workspace has since gone on to include support for Microsoft HoloLens 2, Oculus Quest, Magic Leap 1, Qualcomm XR2, Android/iPhone mobile device and traditional monitors. SEE ALSO Analysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Reach Record High of 1.3

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Magic Leap, for instance, supports two focal lengths and jumps between them as needed. We saw progress on that front early this year at CES 2020 , the last major conference before the pandemic cancelled the remainder for the year. Oculus’ Half Dome prototype does the same, seems to support a larger number of focal lengths.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Just one month into the new year and already 2020 is proving to be another turbulent year for the United States as well as the rest of the world. To experience the magic in VR or AR, visit the same link via a WebVR compatible headset, such as the Oculus Quest, or a dedicated AR headset like the Microsoft HoloLens 2 or Magic Leap One.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 22, 2021

Many people who attended the Virtual Burn in 2020 said they found community and a sense of belonging. Thousands of people who had never participated in an in-person Burning Man event dove into the Virtual Worlds in 2020. What were your stats for 2020? Here are some numbers from the 2020 Virtual Burn.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 21, 2020

It’s our last XR round up of 2020, a year like no other. The product will be available for order beginning on December 18, 2020, and will ship starting in late January 2021. USA Today ramped up their AR pieces in 2020. W elcome back to Spatial Beats. And Apple hasn’t yet played its hand. Oculus is shipping the Elite Strap again.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In 2020 alone the platform has hosted over half a million virtual meetings. Spatial is currently available on the Oculus Quest/Quest 2 , Microsoft HoloLens/HoloLens 2 , Magic Leap , Nreal Beta , and compatible web browsers. Interact with 3D holograms of coworkers directly from your living room. Image Credit: Spatial.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2020

Assuming production ramps back up by early Q3, IDC projects a rebound which brings total 2020 shipments to 7.1 The most growth in 2020 will be in VR, which isn’t surprising given that it’s more mature than AR in its product lifecycle. 2020 projections seem mostly reasonable at 690,000. percent in Q1, followed by 24.1

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