VRScout

JUNE 20, 2018

According to a patent released last week by the US Patent and Trademark Office, AR startup Magic Leap has begun exploring the concept of smart glasses that can “monitor glucose levels over time” along with other vitals. The patent was first filed by Magic Leap in November of last year.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Rumors from back in September of Magic Leap raising a Series D investment were confirmed today as the company revealed an additional $502 million in venture funding, led by a Singaporean investment firm Temasek, with participation from strategic and financial investors. Morgan Investment Management, and T. Rowe Price, Inc.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

It has announced that its Flow Spaces runs on the Magic Leap One, which it believes wiill transform the way that enterprises can conduct in-person meetings. “The technology increases human connection because we can see information and people within the same gaze instead of diverting attention to a wall.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 29, 2024

Meta is making big moves to scale its smart glasses and AI investments, as the two technologies are becoming closer as parallel use cases emerge. Meta AI has built-in Meta Llama technology and has been updated to enable your smart glasses to share your worldview and bring you text translations, fashion tips, and more.

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Road to VR

MAY 5, 2022

Google is adding to its portfolio of XR microdisplay designs and talent, as the company announced it’s acquired microLED (µLED) designer Raxium. The Information’s report held Raxium was sold to Google for $1 billion, however official details of the acquisition are still murky. Image courtesy Raxium, Google.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. Now Kress is back at Mountain View working on Google’s next AR headset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2024

Hugo Swart, previous head of Qualcomm’s XR division, announced he’s joined Google where he’ll lead the company’s XR Ecosystem Strategy and Technology efforts. Google is also rumored to be developing a “Micro XR” platform for XR glasses, which is said to use a prototyping platform internally known as “Betty.”

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Magic Leap announcements.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The Florida-based Magic Leap has raised $1.9 billion from heavy hitters like Google Ventures and the Alibaba Research group. Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz revealed in an interview last night at the Code Media conference that the recently unveiled Magic Leap One headset will be have an application for watching basketball.

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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". Why Magic Leap?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

But it is very interesting , because it will touch a lot of hot topics, like: Data visualization in XR; Magic Leap; Being a woman working in XR; How is XR in Asia. Today the interview will cover the first two topics: dataviz in VR thanks to BadVR solution and Magic Leap. and many other interesting stuff!

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 1, 2024

See a live rap musical made for the Canva Create Conference, plus Google and Magic Leap sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Baby boomers are thrilled that the fictional Holodeck from Star Trek is now a real and functional immersive technology. What’s even more thrilling for them is the development of holographic technology they all marveled at in the Star Wars series. Obviously, we’re a long way off using this technology for intergalactic communication.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Magic Leap is one of the most well-funded startups in history, boasting $2.6 A new report from The Information however alleges that the company has seen sluggish sales of its Magic Leap One AR headset, something that reportedly only sold 6,000 units in the first six months following its August 2018 launch.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Magic Leap recently announced that it will be holding LEAP Developer Days next month as part of their Leap Year Celebration. Here we’ll talk a bit about Magic Leap in general, as well as share everything we know about the LEAP Developer Days. Background on Magic Leap. How to Apply.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Today I’m writing a deep dive into Visual Positioning Systems (VPS) , which are one of the foundational technologies of the future metaverse. As an example of a VPS solution, I will give you some details about Immersal , which is one of the leading companies for what concerns this technology. What is VPS?

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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 1, 2021

This week, we look at tech stocks, Quest 2’s continued rise, Google’s VR sunsetting, and horsing around with Snapchat See the full roundup below. What is up with Google and XR? Former Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz launched his new company Sun and Thunder at the VentureBeat Conferences on Metaverse(s) this week.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

XR technologies are changing the way we interact with each other and eliminating the need for expensive equipment,” said XR Casino CEO Dan Martinez in an official release. Tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have invested heavily into AR, VR and MR to speed up mass adoption through both hardware and software solutions.”

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2024

Magic Leap is undergoing layoffs just a few months after announcing a partnership with Google. We will continue to actively support Magic Leap’s customers, developers and our large ecosystem through the Developer Support and Care teams. What are its prospects for 2025?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 31, 2024

Google and Magic Leap have partnered to “advance the potential of XR technologies”, the latter has said in a blog post. The announcement was light on detail, but Magic Leap said the tie-up would combine its AR credentials with Google’s technology platforms.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

A recent report from Tom’s Hardware indicates Magic Leap is acquiring the 3D scanning assets of Dacuda — a company known historically for creating pocket scanners and recently for its 3D SLAM technologies. Tagged with: acquisition , Dacuda , Magic Leap , report , slam , tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 13, 2018

We are in the days of the Magic Leap 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 Magic Leap. So, here you are my editorial regarding Magic Leap.

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AR Insider

JULY 15, 2020

After a few years of excitement over the impending era of world-immersive AR, there’s a growing consensus that the technology is still years from bringing that dream to a pair of glasses that most people will wear. This comes down to a classic design tradeoff. The Next Mobility. Signals in today’s market support this play.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Now it’s time to make some forecasts about its companion technology, that is augmented reality! This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In spite of the fact we’re joking around and playing Angry Birds on Magic Leap, the whole thing feels very grown up, in the sense that these guys are in this for the long haul, and so, they reckon, is the business of making Mixed Reality.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2017

Among fans of the device (myself included), there was hope that after the Project Glass had “Graduated” from within Google’s secretive Google[x] in 2015 (also the origin of Tango, Google Watch, and more) the Glass team would be moving ahead with development of new and improved versions of the device.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

If virtual reality is still in the early stages, augmented reality is even before that , and the technology is growing very slowly. This shows how the technology is just slowly improving. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses. The only exception to this slow growth is the mobile AR filters.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Google has announced the launch of Android XR, a platform designed to support the creation of mixed reality (MR) applications. And, we are continuing to collaborate with Magic Leap on XR technology and future products with AR and AI. The initiative builds on ARCore, Googles existing augmented reality framework.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 18, 2024

At AWE this week, leading XR headset vendor Magic Leap and gesture technology innovators Doublepoint Technologies are highlighting a deep product partnership to distribute WowMouse, an input device that leverages Android smartwatches to enable gesture controls such as pinch and gaze for AR applicaitons.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Representing varied approaches from tech giants, it’s been called everything from LiveMaps (Facebook) to Magicverse (Magic Leap). Mapping the physical world requires scale and deep pockets, akin to Google or Snap. before it was acquired by Niantic… which will now deploy the technology at Pokémon-scale.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 8, 2018

Magic Leap finally materializes into a product some of us can actually buy, yet the real test will be whether developers take the bait. There’s only so much “we know something you don’t know” you can take before it starts to become annoying, but Magic Leap simply would not take a hint.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 31, 2024

Sightful CEO Tamir Berliner , who previously worked at Magic Leap, said in a blog post: “For the first time ever there’s a reason to use spatial computing that springs from an everyday need. Google and Magic Leap Form XR Partnership Google and Magic Leap have announced a collaboration to advance augmented reality (AR) technology.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

Yesterday, during Samsung’s Upacked event, the technology giant gave a short but sweet insight into the future of its elusive but attention-grabbing Moohan headset. Samsung brings with it a broader technology ecosystem that can assist in introducing the large-scale Galaxy user base to XR wearables.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Remote collaboration has been one of the biggest promises of immersive technology as it relates to work but employers seem to be more excited than employees. That’s pretty good for an emerging technology. Immersive technology platforms, particularly those incorporating VR hardware, offer more opportunities for surveillance.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

This week, following last month’s AndriodXR announcement and this week’s Samsung Moohan teasers, Google made a massive parrel move. In return, Google will gain valuable XR-related support from the headset vendor. What a HTC/Google Unitifaction Mean? This move is huge for the industry.

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