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AWE 2022: Hands-on with Magic Leap 2 and its awesome visuals

The Ghost Howls

AWE 2022 is being crazy for all the people I’m meeting. ” and from this afternoon, I always ask the same thing: Magic Leap 2. Magic Leap 2 hands-on. Full set of Magic Leap 2 (Glasses, controller, compute pack). Magic Leap 2 was very lightweight and comfortable on my head.

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Magic Leap Lays Off Sales & Marketing Amid Report of “last ditch” Pivot to License AR Optics

Road to VR

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.” The company has amassed nearly $4.5

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Will Magic Leap 2 AR Glasses Lead the Way to the Metaverse?

ARPost

People are expectant of Magic Leap’s soon-to-be-released enterprise AR glasses. Dubbed Magic Leap 2, it’s expected to be better than its 2018 predecessor , which flopped. Magic Leap’s announcement came just in time as interest in the metaverse soars. See Also: Is 2022 the Year for Consumer AR Glasses?

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Unicorn AR Startup Magic Leap is Killing Its First Headset Next Year

Road to VR

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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Saudi Arabia Gains Majority Stake in Magic Leap in $450M Deal

Road to VR

Saudi Arabia has taken majority share of the US-based augmented reality company Magic Leap, The Telegraph reports, widening the stake via its state-owned sovereign wealth fund with a deal amounting to $450 million. The investment puts the country’s ownership of Magic Leap over 50 percent, giving it overall majority control.

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Magic Leap 2 Gains Certification so Doctors Can Use AR During Surgery

Road to VR

Magic Leap, the storied unicorn developing enterprise AR headsets, announced at CES 2023 that its flagship device Magic Leap 2 earned a certification that clears it for use in the operating room. It has since released Magic Leap 2 , which is largely targeted at enterprise.

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The Apple Effect: Magic Leap Founder’s Previous Company Launches App on Vision Pro

Road to VR

.” With the entrance of Apple Vision Pro, one such entity to follow suit is Stryker’s Mako , a robotic surgery group initially founded as a standalone company by Rony Abovitz, the founder and first CEO of AR unicorn Magic Leap.