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Image by MagicLeap). MagicLeap 2 has been teased. MagicLeap is back: CEO Peggy Johnson has just unveiled in a post on the company blog the MagicLeap 2 , the new version of the AR glasses from the company in Florida. Other relevant news. The AR program for the US Army gets delayed.
MagicLeap, the multi-billion dollar AR startup, could be exploring the possibility of a sale, a Bloomberg report maintains, citing people familiar with the matter. The Plantation, Florida-based company has raised $2.6 The Plantation, Florida-based company has raised $2.6 " (Douglas Adams).
MagicLeap 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 MagicLeap 1’s cloud services are due to be shut off on December 31st, 2024.
I thought it would have taken me a lot before I would be able to try the MagicLeap One , but luckily this has not been the case. At a certain point, I asked him: “oh, you said me that you have tried MagicLeap… how is it?” The three component of the MagicLeap One. I was amazed.
After a lot of words, flying whales, rock throwing guys and a lot of debates, MagicLeap has been released. Anyway, MagicLeap One will still be $700 cheaper than HoloLens … not that bad. So, around €2000 for these space glasses… (Image by MagicLeap). Finally, the day has come. 2 USB-C Cables.
MagicLeap pivots towards enterprise. After the disappointing sales of the MagicLeap One, finally, MagicLeap has understood that the company can’t survive targeting consumers and “creators”, and it is time to target the only sector that is bringing money: the enterprise. Header image by Facebook).
Augmented reality (AR) wayfinding firm ARway, recently announced it would partner with MagicLeap to integrate its solution on the latter’s headsets. MagicLeap 2 devices will also allow ARway to leverage its eye tracking, spatial audio, and six degrees of flight (6DoF) for greater interactivity with creative content.
Meta Platforms is set to ink a massive partnership with augmented reality (AR) firm MagicLeap, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Meta could potentially explore how to leverage MagicLeap’s trendsetting AR technologies, including software and hardware. Meta and MagicLeap: Partners in Real-Time?
MagicLeap 2 reviews have surfaced after the successor to the MagicLeap 1, which launched in the early 2000s, debuted in September this year. Unlike the second version, the first iteration spent most of its early years in stealth mode, teasing its MagicLeap 1 headset in 2018. Inside MagicLeap 2.
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Perhaps the biggest company in the mixed reality landscape right now, Microsoft is paving the way to a future of incredible hybrid learning. According to Microsoft, implementing mixed reality into the training landscape leads to a reduction in training times of approximately 30%. MagicLeap. Pico Interactive.
MagicLeap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by MagicLeap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of MagicLeap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.
Over the past three years MagicLeap have been one of the darlings of Augmented/Mixed reality. The Florida start-up was valued at $4.5 Rony Abovitz also went on to publish a short blog post giving what he describes as a “glimpse behind the scenes at MagicLeap.” billion and attracted nearly $1.4
Microsoft’s Metaverse Push Blocked by UK Officials The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which provides the “building blocks” for its Metaverse. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022. ”
MagicLeap Inc. , a Florida-based startup that’s raised more than $1.3 As stated, they are thinking of taking part in a new financing round of more than $500 million, bringing MagicLeap valuation close to $6 billion. MagicLeap’s last financing round, led by Alibaba , valued the company at $4.5
it makes strategic sense that Pearson has partnered with Microsoft to develop content for the HoloLens Click To Tweet. One example is Axel Springer Digital Ventures recently announcing that they would be investing an undisclosed amount in MagicLeap. That ship has sailed! If you are looking at the future, it’s right here.
” Rival firm Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard to expand its portfolio of solutions in a historic $68 billion deal. This has greatly expanded Microsoft’s future ambitions for metaverse technologies such as cloud computing, digital avatars, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and others.
These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Stake in MagicLeap Riyadh also acquired a majority stake in MagicLeap, allowing the firm a seat on the board of directors.
The platform, which is compatible with major immersive tech providers such as MagicLeap, Meta Platforms, Microsoft HoloLens, Apple, HTC VIVE, Ready Player Me, and Google recently provided the University of Glasgow with an EON-XR Centre to train and engage students with the XR tool.
MagicLeap releases its SDK. We still haven’t seen a MagicLeap device , but at least now we can see its SDK. The Florida company has released during the GDC the Lumin SDK, that is the development kit that has to be used to develop for LuminOS, the custom operating system of the MagicLeap device.
For example, Lenovo’s A3 and MagicLeap 2’s smart glasses are designed for prolonged use, low latency, and industrial environments. MagicLeap also pivoted to healthcare , with the Florida-based firm designing its AR headsets for surgeons and medical professionals.
We are in the days of the MagicLeap hype : developers that have bought it are posting videos everywhere and every one of us is trying to understand if the device is valuable or not. So, here you are my editorial regarding MagicLeap. So, here you are my editorial regarding MagicLeap.
And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Peggy Johnson is the new CEO of MagicLeap. News worth a mention.
Former MagicLeap SVP John Gaeta on his former employer. MagicLeap tried to do too much and the Plantation, Florida location didn’t help. $3 3 B is a lot of money, but hardly enough to match the vision of founder Rony Abovitz, who was up against the likes of Microsoft and Facebook. (VR Focus).
MagicLeap plans dev days and dev programs. We all know that MagicLeap is in big trouble, and it seems that one of the paths it is trying to follow to exit the quicksands is trying to get more developers onboard. Image by Microsoft). More info (Use Google Translate). Are we at an inflection point for VR?
Remember MagicLeap? This week, I spent an hour or so playing around with the unreleased next-generation MagicLeap headset, all while discussing the augmented reality company’s wild ride with MagicLeap CEO Peggy Johnson and other members of their executive team. So, let’s talk about it.
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