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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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Magic Leap, the mysterious augmented reality startup with a multiple-billion dollar valuation , could soon be taking on more investments, bringing its total valuation close to $6 billion, Bloomberg reports. ” Both Temasek and Magic Leap declined to speak on the matter. image courtesy US Patent Office.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

which Khronos Groups believes can reduce fragmentation and simplify advanced XR application development. Khronos Group is a non-profit consortium powering royalty-free interoperability for VR, AR, ML, 3D graphics, and other technologies. PICO has announced support for OpenXR 1.1,

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

.” 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.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Magic Leap today revealed a collaborative AR project with Icelandic band Sigur Rós, a musical experience which fills the player’s surroundings with ethereal visuals and an interactive soundscape. Image courtesy Pitchfork, Magic Leap. By the end, orchestration is sizzling—I can almost feel it—through my fingertips.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

If you follow Magic Leap, you’re probably aware that they recently launched a program for MR app developers. The program helps to give developers access to Magic Leap hardware, as well as special workshops. As far as outreach and accessibility are concerned, Magic Leap is one of the most outgoing groups out there.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Magic Leap today launched a refresh of their official website which includes a new teaser stating that the company wants to “[take] you with us on this journey to launch. SEE ALSO Magic Leap Researchers Reveal "Deep SLAM" Tracking Algorithm. ” Image courtesy Magic Leap.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2017

John Gaeta, known for his work as visual effects supervisor on The Matrix trilogy and for launching Lucasfilm’s immersive media branch ILMxLab , is joining the mysterious augmented reality start-up Magic Leap. As reported by The Verge , Gaeta says he’s joined Magic Leap as Senior Vice President of Creative Strategies. “It

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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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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2017

For a company that’s showed almost no one what they’re building, Magic Leap has been phenomenally successful at fundraising. SEE ALSO New Magic Leap Videos Shows AR Shopping and Voice Control. The company has previously raised a staggering $1.4

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2018

Magic Leap One, the long-awaited AR headset from the secretive titular Florida startup, appears to be on its way to its supposed 2018 release date, as the headset’s motion controller, dubbed Control, has just hit the FCC for testing. kHz to 42.42 Image courtesy FCC. The filing also reveals that Control is assembled in Mexico.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

ILMxLab, Lucasfilm’s immersive media group, today announced Star Wars: Project Porg , an augmented reality “experiment” built for Magic Leap. Just ahead of this week’s Leap Con conference, ILMxLab has announced the Star Wars: Project Porg “experimental demo” for the headset.

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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. Intel’s Superhuman AR. Hiraeth audio AR experience.

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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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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 29, 2020

A lot of digital ink has been spilled heaping scorn on Magic Leap. Namely, a lot of the great work delivered by a group of incredibly talented people within the company. Specifically, the Magic Leap. But amid the fog of all of the negative headlines, something was lost.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Magic Leap One, the company’s long-awaited AR headset, has been out for a month now. That’s not entirely true, as a group of AR/VR developers are currently testing out the headset’s abilities to create multiplayer experiences with a pretty inspiring first success.

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 17, 2019

While Elon Musk is in Los Angeles showing off the future of personal transport via the Cybertruck, another, unaffiliated group is taking one of his most popular ideas to market, with augmented reality as a key part of the plan.

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Next Reality AR

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Immersive production company Wilkins Avenue, along with its Pollen Music Group, is debuting the first-ever AR musical through the spatial computing lenses of the Magic Leap One at Comic-Con Paris this weekend. Musical theater enthusiasts are about to enter a whole new world of melodic storytelling via augmented reality.

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Next Reality AR

AUGUST 8, 2018

The hype train that left the station years ago has reached its first stop, and now we finally have access to the Magic Leap One, the device many have claimed would revolutionize the augmented reality space at launch. But is that really true?

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Next Reality AR

AUGUST 22, 2018

Now that the augmented reality cat is out of the bag, Magic Leap is beginning to open up a bit more about how of some of its work came together in the years and months leading up to the Magic Leap One's release earlier this month.

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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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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The Magic Leap-powered AR exhibit premiers at the Venice Film Festival. During the 22-minute experience, you move around a giant illuminated cube while wearing a Magic Leap headset. Homelessness is an epidemic that affects people all around the globe. Constitution.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Spatial , the social collaboration platform for XR devices, is now available for public download on Oculus Quest, which includes cross-platform support for HoloLens, Magic Leap One, Nreal, Web browsers, and iOS & Android mobile devices. Notably, Spatial is available for free for individuals and groups who want to try it out.

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APRIL 27, 2023

Magic Leap announced this week that its Magic Leap 2 augmented reality (AR) headset had increased its compatibility with OpenXR. With the new conformity milestone, Magic Leap can allow its users to develop XR applications for a host of current and upcoming devices.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

He has joined Rony Abovitz at Magic Leap and now he’s there, trying to build the MagicVerse as the SVP of Creative Strategy of the Florida company. All sort of innovations were happening in that studio, so my group of friends pulled me there and I got a job in the camera department. Magic Leap glasses.

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MAY 9, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) wayfinding firm ARway, recently announced it would partner with Magic Leap to integrate its solution on the latter’s headsets. Magic Leap 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.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The investment by Saudi’s PIF division allows the region to own over 50 percent of Magic Leap’s ownership stake. A 16GB computing pack.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2024

Hugo Swart introduces Snapdragon XR | Courtesy Qualcomm Following Swart’s departure from Qualcomm in February, Alex Katouzian, Group GM of the Mobile, XR, and Compute Business Unit is currently overseeing XR at Qualcomm.

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MARCH 18, 2019

It’s backed by many of the biggest names in the VR and AR industries and has been in development by the consortium for two years now, organized by Khronos Group. The group today announced the ratification of OpenXR 0.9, Image courtesy Khronos Group. Today the group announced the ratification and release of OpenXR 0.9,

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Khronos Group , the consortium behind the OpenXR project which aims to standardize the way applications communicate with AR and VR headsets, just added Microsoft to its ranks. Among its count of members, the OpenXR working group consisted of nearly every major player in the industry except Microsoft until now.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This week Ultraleap announced it has raised a £60 million (~$82 million) Series D investment with participation from new investors Tencent, British Patient Capital, and CMB International, alongside existing investors Mayfair Equity Partners and IP Group plc.

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JULY 29, 2019

It’s a major milestone, according to Khronos Group which has overseen development of the standard by a consortium of many of the biggest names in the AR/VR sector. OpenXR’s ‘working group’, under which representatives from member companies have been actively developing the standard, is facilitated by Khronos Group.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Update: We received the following statement from Magic Leap about the departure: “Andy Fouche will no longer serve as VP of Public Relations for Magic Leap, Inc. As we sprint full steam ahead toward the launch of Magic Leap One, we are excited to have Brenda Freeman on board as our Chief Marketing Officer.

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ARPost

MAY 3, 2022

These waveguides have been instrumental in bringing Magic Leap, Microsoft HoloLens, and other AR devices to the consumer market. Dispelix also recently partnered with AAC Technologies Group , which became one of the company’s strategic partners for mass manufacturing of Dispelix’s see-through waveguide displays.

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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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MARCH 12, 2025

For Pokmon Go, game developer and publisher Scopely issued a blog post welcoming the communities playing the game under their umbrella, with no mention of its parent company, Savvy Games Group. billion in 2023, adding it to a global portfolio that's included the likes of Magic Leap over the years.

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VRScout

MARCH 25, 2022

Snap has opted instead to distribute hardware to a select group of creators familiar with Lens Studio , the company’s Lens-building software. Unlike existing AR headsets such as the Magic Leap 2 or Microsoft HoloLens, the Spectacles feature a discrete, light-weight design more akin to glasses than a headset.

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