AR Insider

APRIL 26, 2021

This week, we look at new AR and VR funding rounds, Magic Leap 2, and the latest in virtual collaboration. Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson says their new AR headset will arrive Q4, 2021. The lighter, slight less bulky Magic Leap 2 will double the size of its field of view. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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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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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap looks for a $100-million deal to save itself. Some reports by Business Insider and The Information talk about the current situation of Magic Leap, that seems always more complicated. More info (Magic Leap trying to raise $100M) More info (Magic Leap timing for the future).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Google is going to buy North. A report says tha t Alphabet, the company behind Google, is in the last stages of the acquisition of North, the Canadian startup that makes the Focals smartglasses. Google adds depth APIs to ARCore. The post The XR Week Peek (2020.06.29): Oculus kills the Go, Google buys North, and much more!

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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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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. Google is already an investor in Magic Leap.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games’ Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing games for a spatial computing platform. Google highlights 4 ARCore apps. Google Maps API for game development. Image courtesy Google.

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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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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Although we’ve heard about the deal for two years now, little is known about the upcoming ‘smart glasses’—their words, not ours—they at very least have the ability record high-quality video. Think Google Glass or Vuzix Blade—not Microsoft HoloLens or Magic Leap 1. pic.twitter.com/Vun7vmuCbU.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 16, 2020

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, narrative analysis and top takeaways. To celebrate its birthday, Inbar gathered and moderated a panel of leading thinkers at a recent AWE Nite NYC (video below). T he AR cloud has turned three.

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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. If we do get a sneak peek at the HoloLens 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

This means having AR and VR on the same device ; Feature a 5G modem ; Play 8K videos at 60fps; Have accelerated AI so that to be able to perform objects recognition and other cool stuff on the camera feed. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap may be in trouble, but its CEO remains confident. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

The first huge leak we had this week was a full unboxing video of the device. This time was not some hotel employees finding some random Quest boxes, but a n anonymous guy uploading the unboxing video on Reddit. The video was later republished by “VR Panda” on Twitter.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

While immersive tech gained some traction during this period, video conferencing remains the standard alternative to in-person meetings. About a third of employees and almost as many employers who participated in the survey prefer video conferencing to in-person meetings. Source: ExpressVPN. That has to do with trust.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

If we talk about compatible devices, we all have a smartphone that can do AR, we all have watched on some social media short video selfies with some AR effects on. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Relative to enterprise-focused AR headsets like Magic Leap 2 and HoloLens 2, it’s also less expensive due to the inclusion of cheaper and less complicated optics, called ‘birdbath’ optics, which project light from a microdisplay to the eye via what’s essentially a curved see-through mirror (among other things).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

And it’s not over on the content side: they are going to launch the Pico Video app with 600+ videos on day 1 , and are partnering to have immersive concerts with Wave. Doing its keynote on video, CEO Jensen Huang introduced the new RTX4080 and RTX4090 graphics cards, which are based on the new Ada Lovelace architecture.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Magic Leap makes you look like a Minion, and even though I personally think the HoloLens looks much cooler (hey, what can I say, I’m a geek) I will also admit that it feels on the heavy side after prolonged use. It offers content such as AR enhanced golf training by Oncore Golf, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2019

Magic Leap makes you look like a Minion, and even though I personally think the HoloLens looks much cooler (hey, what can I say, I’m a geek), I will admit that you begin to feel the considerable weight of the device after prolonged use. Image Credit: Vuzix. Image Credit: Vuzix.

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VRScout

JULY 18, 2017

In comparison to other higher-end mixed reality headsets like Meta and Magic Leap that will likely require powerful PCs, Mira’s Prism lets you just snap in your iPhone and begin interacting with holographic content. Dubbed Prism, this untethered AR headset is powered by an iPhone and comes in at an accessible price of $99.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In an industry populated with giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft it is astounding that one of the most important names in the game is a startup known as Magic Leap. Earlier this year, Magic Leap raised an enormous round of fundraising when it pulled in $793.5 Currently sitting at a $4.5

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

If you’ve played any video games at all – particularly open-world RPGs – you know that getting NPCs right can be hard. Gelfenbeyn was a co-founder of API.AI, which was purchased by Google and now exists as Dialogflow. Other members of the e-board have backgrounds including Magic Leap and Sony.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Magic Leap 2 reviews have surfaced after the successor to the Magic Leap 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 Magic Leap 1 headset in 2018. Inside Magic Leap 2.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

See Also: Magic Leap Exec: MR App Developers Are “the Foundation of Spatial Computing”. Augmented reality and virtual reality take video conferencing to another level. During an immersive conference call, users can add sticky notes, create videos together, or doodle and draw objects to share their ideas.

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ARPost

JULY 31, 2019

There is now a growing market including Magic Leap , Epson, Nreal , ThirdEye , and now Norm. Magic Leap has some entertainment experiences, but the price and size make them more of a tool. Shortly after that, Google stopped their Google Glass,” said Sun. “We So, where do Norm AR glasses fit in?

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This is what video game giant Wargaming are hoping to prove when they start demoing their latest offering at Gamescom in Germany this week. Their first MR project used Google Tango and the Microsoft HoloLens to bring a rare digital tank from their game to a real-life exhibit at the Tank Museum at Bovington , UK. billion by 2022.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Over the past three years Magic Leap have been one of the darlings of Augmented/Mixed reality. billion in funding from investors such as Google, Andreessen Horowitz and Alibaba. Their concept video was viewed over 3.5 The video, it turns out, was produced using special effects. billion and attracted nearly $1.4

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Road to VR

JULY 18, 2018

In the VR realm, the new version brings native mixed reality video compositing for VR applications, and an update to a much newer Oculus SDK. and Google’s ARCore 1.2, along with Magic Leap support. Up to this point, mixed reality video compositing has generally required third-party programs and game implementations.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2024

But this should surprise no one: all the previous expensive AR/MR headsets that have been initially targeted at consumers, like Magic Leap or HoloLens, ended up being used mostly in enterprise sectors. If you have time to spend, give this video a look.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2018

Called Vuzix Blade, the smartglasses are more of a heads-up display akin to Google Glass than a positionally-tracked AR headset like Microsoft Hololens or the upcoming Magic Leap One , although the Blade’s styling certainly comes closer to ‘normal’ than many we’ve seen before.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

HTC released a video showing off its vision of the metaverse, a reflection of what the company thinks virtual spaces will look like in the near future. HTC’s most recent concept video isn’t at fault for shooting for the stars. And… it’s not a great look. Some ideas are inevitable.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 21, 2024

If you think that Google AR Glasses are nothing but a distant dream, it might be time to think again. Sure, Google Glass turned out to be a flop, and Google’s Iris Project was eventually canceled – but it seems like the tech giant hasn’t given up on the smart glasses market just yet. Could Google be next?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Image courtesy Google. Google Glass. Magic Leap One. Even Google Glass, one of the earliest consumer-focused smartglasses, had an app which could translate video footage of written text into different languages in real-time. What Are Smartglasses? Examples of Smartglasses: Everysight Raptor. Intel Vaunt.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

It’s been 2 hours full of cool insights and you can watch all of them in the video here below: if you have the time, I assure you you won’t regret watching it! If you don’t have 2 hours, don’t worry, here below I have extracted the most interesting tidbits of the videos for you to enjoy! PRNewsfoto/BadVR).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

More info Meta may partner soon with Magic Leap The Financial Times this week reported a very unexpected piece of news: Meta may be working on a partnership with Magic Leap for the production of AR glasses. Magic Leap has factories in the US and Mexico able to produce AR glasses.

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

However, Almeida said that he had been waiting for something like an Apple headset for even longer than that – ever since he was, like so many others, disenchanted by the Google Glass device that launched in 2013. It’s currently the dominant approach in lighter-weight, lower-cost AR devices.

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