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My guess is, they are wanting more money. It's not really ready and won't ship next year. I agree something is fishy.

baldfat 9y ago
$1,887,500,000 should have been enough! https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/magic-leap https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/magic-leap
- julienfr112 9y ago
  ... and all i got was this lousy internet site. Just kidding, the internet site is really beautiful.
  - whamlastxmas 9y ago
    Made firefox on Android crash after spending 20 seconds loading though
    - _asummers 9y ago
      Took about 10 seconds for the dude with the goggles on to come into focus on Chrome OSX, and scroll didn't work for a good 1-2 seconds after load.
    - deleted 9y ago
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- ouiea 9y ago
  I bet India can put a man on Mars for a fraction of that amount.
  - besos_y_guapas 9y ago
    I'd start by building a sanitation network, but maybe that's just me
downandout 9y ago
This is what I was thinking. That conversation probably went something like this: “We need more money.” “We gave you $2 billion. You’re going to have to ship something before we give you more.” “Hmmm...we aren’t ready to ship and may not be for some time...what if instead of shipping, we can show you that 50K people are interested in buying it? Will you give us some more money then?” “Sure, you show us that 50k people want to buy it and we will write you another check”. So they created an email opt-in page, photoshopped some 3D renders of a product that doesn’t exist yet onto a person’s head, and did a press release calling this page an “unveiling”. That’s really all this is - a “coming soon” page for something that may or may not be vaporware. Investors are getting antsy and want some sense of what the actual market is for this thing.
- tigershark 9y ago
  And the Rolling Stones journalist is lying of course... Guys, you are really shocking in trying to throw mud over magic leap in any way possible.
  - downandout 9y ago
    Have you seen the page? It’s literally nothing more than an email opt-in with some clearly photoshopped images of a device that doesn’t exist yet, even in mock-up form (otherwise they would have used the mock-up in the photos).
    - tigershark 9y ago
      Did you read the Rolling Stones article?
- afinno 9y ago
  To be fair, if all I have to do is give them my email address for them to get a bunch more money to make something that could either completely fail or revolutionise human computer interaction, sure, please have my email address. They seem to be trying to bring a new thing into the world, I'm inclined to support it.
ChuckMcM 9y ago
Maybe they are waiting to ship on the same day that Ready Player One comes out :-)
- kinard 9y ago
  I'll join you in the Oasis.
cracell 9y ago
Leap doesn't have a great track record. They show really cool ideas and then deliver ok toy products.
- russelldc 9y ago
  This article is about Magic Leap, not Leap Motion.
sf_rob 9y ago
I think it's more likely that some PM had a Q4 goal of "Launch Beta product/press" and hit that goal with what they had.

$1,887,500,000 should have been enough! https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/magic-leap https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/magic-leap

julienfr112 9y ago
... and all i got was this lousy internet site. Just kidding, the internet site is really beautiful.
- whamlastxmas 9y ago
  Made firefox on Android crash after spending 20 seconds loading though
  - _asummers 9y ago
    Took about 10 seconds for the dude with the goggles on to come into focus on Chrome OSX, and scroll didn't work for a good 1-2 seconds after load.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
ouiea 9y ago
I bet India can put a man on Mars for a fraction of that amount.
- besos_y_guapas 9y ago
  I'd start by building a sanitation network, but maybe that's just me

downandout 9y ago

This is what I was thinking. That conversation probably went something like this: “We need more money.” “We gave you $2 billion. You’re going to have to ship something before we give you more.” “Hmmm...we aren’t ready to ship and may not be for some time...what if instead of shipping, we can show you that 50K people are interested in buying it? Will you give us some more money then?” “Sure, you show us that 50k people want to buy it and we will write you another check”. So they created an email opt-in page, photoshopped some 3D renders of a product that doesn’t exist yet onto a person’s head, and did a press release calling this page an “unveiling”. That’s really all this is - a “coming soon” page for something that may or may not be vaporware. Investors are getting antsy and want some sense of what the actual market is for this thing.

tigershark 9y ago
And the Rolling Stones journalist is lying of course... Guys, you are really shocking in trying to throw mud over magic leap in any way possible.
- downandout 9y ago
  Have you seen the page? It’s literally nothing more than an email opt-in with some clearly photoshopped images of a device that doesn’t exist yet, even in mock-up form (otherwise they would have used the mock-up in the photos).
  - tigershark 9y ago
    Did you read the Rolling Stones article?
afinno 9y ago
To be fair, if all I have to do is give them my email address for them to get a bunch more money to make something that could either completely fail or revolutionise human computer interaction, sure, please have my email address. They seem to be trying to bring a new thing into the world, I'm inclined to support it.

ChuckMcM 9y ago

Maybe they are waiting to ship on the same day that Ready Player One comes out :-)

kinard 9y ago
I'll join you in the Oasis.

cracell 9y ago

Leap doesn't have a great track record. They show really cool ideas and then deliver ok toy products.

russelldc 9y ago
This article is about Magic Leap, not Leap Motion.

sf_rob 9y ago

I think it's more likely that some PM had a Q4 goal of "Launch Beta product/press" and hit that goal with what they had.