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Oh wow, ok yeah.. I don't remember those claims at all, how would that even have been possible? The first time I heard of ML was the Wired piece, and I think t

by sbarre 9y ago

Oh wow, ok yeah.. I don't remember those claims at all, how would that even have been possible? The first time I heard of ML was the Wired piece, and I think that one was already referring to glasses. edit: Like the other comment here says, I just went back and checked a few places (Wikipedia and other articles) and it seems they've always been about glasses..

QAPereo 9y ago
Remember this? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/09/magic_leap_neither_magic_nor_leaping/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/09/magic_leap_neither_... https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/3q5bxc/magic_leap_whale_in_the_gym/ https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/3q5bxc/magic_leap... https://www.cnet.com/news/magic-leap-shows-demo-video/ https://www.cnet.com/news/magic-leap-shows-demo-video/
- AndrewKemendo 9y ago
  From your links: The hardware is yet to be revealed (but it'll presumably use a headset) they waved away the fact that reducing it down to a wearable pair of glasses and an affordable computer was far from inevitable. The truth is that Magic Leap cannot get its huge prototype working in a much, much smaller version. Nobody who knows anything about AR ever thought it was anything but some form of glasses.
  - QAPereo 9y ago
    I would argue that the number of people who know much about the technical side of this is less than a rounding error against the population who watched that demo. Edit: Given the seeming impossibility of an FSD like the one they’re still selling to investors, it may be ML’s investors are not part of the “know much about...” side.
    - AndrewKemendo 9y ago
      That matters why? The majority of marketing materials for any technology are vague, abstracted and non-technical. That someone would make an assumption about something that they have no knowledge about, that isn't even available to them, means what exactly? You guys are shouting at clouds.
      - QAPereo 9y ago
        You seem to be conveniently ignoring the years of patent and investor material, while simply hand-waving away deceptive marketing materials. Worse, you’re adding nothing here except the truly dubious currency of your personal incredulity.

by sbarre 9y ago

QAPereo 9y ago

Remember this? https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/09/magic_leap_neither_magic_nor_leaping/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/09/magic_leap_neither_... https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/3q5bxc/magic_leap_whale_in_the_gym/ https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/3q5bxc/magic_leap... https://www.cnet.com/news/magic-leap-shows-demo-video/ https://www.cnet.com/news/magic-leap-shows-demo-video/

AndrewKemendo 9y ago
From your links: The hardware is yet to be revealed (but it'll presumably use a headset) they waved away the fact that reducing it down to a wearable pair of glasses and an affordable computer was far from inevitable. The truth is that Magic Leap cannot get its huge prototype working in a much, much smaller version. Nobody who knows anything about AR ever thought it was anything but some form of glasses.
- QAPereo 9y ago
  I would argue that the number of people who know much about the technical side of this is less than a rounding error against the population who watched that demo. Edit: Given the seeming impossibility of an FSD like the one they’re still selling to investors, it may be ML’s investors are not part of the “know much about...” side.
  - AndrewKemendo 9y ago
    That matters why? The majority of marketing materials for any technology are vague, abstracted and non-technical. That someone would make an assumption about something that they have no knowledge about, that isn't even available to them, means what exactly? You guys are shouting at clouds.
    - QAPereo 9y ago
      You seem to be conveniently ignoring the years of patent and investor material, while simply hand-waving away deceptive marketing materials. Worse, you’re adding nothing here except the truly dubious currency of your personal incredulity.