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Magic Leap One is available to creators in cities across the contiguous US

23 points by jvm 8y ago

coolspot 8y ago
No, thanks! At that price point I think it makes sense to hold off and see what Microsoft does with the Hololens 2. I think they’ll be able to undercut this price and have less cropping.
dqpb 8y ago
Is the "lightfield" display in Magic Leap One the same technology used in the Hololens?
- tmikaeld 8y ago
  According to magic leap: no According to reviewers: looks the same Magic leap does have multiple focal points that hololens does not have
okket 8y ago
Discussion about Magic Leap from 15 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17715337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17715337 (176 comments) Older discussions about Magic Leap (very popular topic): https://hn.algolia.com/?query=magic%20leap&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=magic%20leap&sort=byPopularity...
fernly 8y ago
Since the website tells you nothing but the price, the Magic Leap is > a head-mounted virtual retinal display... which superimposes 3D computer-generated imagery over real world objects, by "projecting a digital light field into the user's eye"... Magic Leap asserts that it achieves better resolution with a new proprietary technique that projects an image directly onto the user's retina... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap
Bud 8y ago
Gotta love it when the headline of their marketing website is a flat-out lie. Most people cannot, in fact, "get" a Magic Leap. It's not even being offered for sale to the public. When lies this clumsy and big are evident this early in a company's history, the prognosis is poor.
Mahn 8y ago
> To help you take your first step into spatial computing, we’re going to hand deliver the device to your doorstep and personally get you set up. Someone has read Paul Graham's "Do things that don't scale" essay :)

4 ms·

Magic Leap One is available to creators in cities across the contiguous US

23 points by jvm 8y ago

coolspot 8y ago
No, thanks! At that price point I think it makes sense to hold off and see what Microsoft does with the Hololens 2. I think they’ll be able to undercut this price and have less cropping.
dqpb 8y ago
Is the "lightfield" display in Magic Leap One the same technology used in the Hololens?
- tmikaeld 8y ago
  According to magic leap: no According to reviewers: looks the same Magic leap does have multiple focal points that hololens does not have
okket 8y ago
Discussion about Magic Leap from 15 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17715337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17715337 (176 comments) Older discussions about Magic Leap (very popular topic): https://hn.algolia.com/?query=magic%20leap&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=magic%20leap&sort=byPopularity...
fernly 8y ago
Since the website tells you nothing but the price, the Magic Leap is > a head-mounted virtual retinal display... which superimposes 3D computer-generated imagery over real world objects, by "projecting a digital light field into the user's eye"... Magic Leap asserts that it achieves better resolution with a new proprietary technique that projects an image directly onto the user's retina... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap
Bud 8y ago
Gotta love it when the headline of their marketing website is a flat-out lie. Most people cannot, in fact, "get" a Magic Leap. It's not even being offered for sale to the public. When lies this clumsy and big are evident this early in a company's history, the prognosis is poor.
Mahn 8y ago
> To help you take your first step into spatial computing, we’re going to hand deliver the device to your doorstep and personally get you set up. Someone has read Paul Graham's "Do things that don't scale" essay :)