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

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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. Magic Leap 2 AR Glasses and the Metaverse.

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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.”

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ILMxLab’s John Gaeta Joins Magic Leap as Senior VP of Creative Strategies

Road to VR

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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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.18): Magic Leap 2 price revealed, new rumors about Apple, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Magic Leap reveals prices and availability of ML 2. Finally, Magic Leap has revealed information about the price and availability of Magic Leap 2. I think this is a very smart pricing strategy, because it more or less replicates the one of HoloLens 2, while undercutting it by $200 in its lowest tier.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap is on sale. A report on Bloomberg informed us all that Magic Leap is exploring a sale of the company. The sales never skyrocketed and now Magic Leap is in desperate need of cash , after many layoffs, disappointing sales, and having put its IP as collaterals to a bank.

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Former Head of Qualcomm’s XR Division Joins Google to Guide XR Strategy

Road to VR

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. The post Former Head of Qualcomm’s XR Division Joins Google to Guide XR Strategy appeared first on Road to VR.

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Big XR News from Meta, HTC VIVE, Magic Leap

XR Today - Virtual Reality

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.