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Microsoft Exec Peggy Johnson to Take Over as CEO of Magic Leap

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Peggy Johnson, Microsoft’s Executive VP of Business Development, is slated to take the reins as the new CEO of Magic Leap, effective August 1st. Image courtesy Microsoft. At Microsoft Johnson oversaw strategic partnerships and transactions, as well as strategic investments through Microsoft’s corporate venture fund, M12.

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Report: Meta in Talks with Magic Leap for Multiyear AR Headset Tech Deal

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.” Since it exited stealth in 2014, Magic Leap has released two AR headsets, Magic Leap 1 and Magic Leap 2, which have been compared in functionality to Microsoft’s HoloLens AR headsets. Its majority stakeholder is Saudi Arabia’s state-owned sovereign wealth fund.

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Magic Leap’s Next AR Headset to Ship in Q4 2021, Promising Larger FOV & More Compact Design

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Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson took the stage at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this past week to talk a bit about her time as the company’s new leader. Note : To increase the specs of all provided FOVs by 100 percent, the surface area would need to increase by four times, which is a tall order.

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Saudi Arabia to Boost Tourism Sector with AR Navigation Technology

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announced a partnership with AI Safer to enhance customer experiences for visitors to Saudi Arabian museums and tourist attractions. The region is undergoing Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030 “, an initiative to boost its cultural and tourism sector. Today, ARway.ai

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Magic Leap And Google Announce AR Partnership

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If you're unfamiliar, Magic Leap is an AR headset company, majority owned by Saudi Arabia since last year. Of the big tech giants only Microsoft bet on transparent optics, and HoloLens 2 is now almost four years old. Magic Leap's technology is distinctly different from all three, using transparent AR optics instead.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.23): Apple Vision Pro preorders have been opened, and much more!

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There is even Microsoft Word! Twitter account M1Astra started sharing information about some of them, like an app about the Bible, a Lego building game, the J.Crew app to buy clothes in an immersive way, and so on.

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Apple Vision Pro Second Impressions: The Digital Crown Tunes Your Reality

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Saudi Arabia-owned Magic Leap took $500+ million more from the "sovereign" investment arm of the state to continue developing its technologies for transparent optical AR. Microsoft formally killed its PC VR platform.

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