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I remember the first articles about this super secretive start up from not the Silicon Valley, that did some super amazing stuff, loads of VC-cash and all that.

I remember the first articles about this super secretive start up from not the Silicon Valley, that did some super amazing stuff, loads of VC-cash and all that. This thing now looks really underwhelming. The pages full of marketing talk to present basically another (better, maybe) HoloLens.

sp332 8y ago
What's wrong with being a better Hololens?
- dna_polymerase 8y ago
  Nothing wrong, but given all the buzz I expected something incredible. This right now has already be done, by Microsoft, so I don't really see how they could possibly compete in this market.
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  - DonHopkins 8y ago
    And Microsoft managed to ship Hololens without settling any sexual discrimination lawsuits. (Obviously they have better lawyers!) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/14/magic-leap-faces-sexual-discrimination-suit https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/14/magic-lea... https://mic.com/articles/168619/the-most-damning-allegations-from-the-sexual-discrimination-complaint-against-magic-leap https://mic.com/articles/168619/the-most-damning-allegations... https://www.wired.com/2017/05/magic-leap-bias-suit-sexism-sign-failure/ https://www.wired.com/2017/05/magic-leap-bias-suit-sexism-si... >Thanks to Campbell's lawsuit, a whole new host of questions have arisen, as well as a sinking suspicion that the company is even more dysfunctional than previously thought. Excessive hype is one sign of a company possibly foundering due to mismanagement. Misogyny of the kind alleged by Campbell suggests dysfunction on a whole other level. As incidents of sexism in tech pile up, it's becoming clear that misogyny in the industry is both a moral travesty and a potential warning sign that a business is in trouble.
- IkmoIkmo 8y ago
  The fact they should've called it the Minor Leap One! All jokes aside, it was shrouded in mystery and there was some marketing material that showed, as another poster described it, modern console level graphics, when in reality the product's graphics kind of look like the 1996 N64 to 2000 PS2, so far. Plus there was excitement about certain features, like many three or even six focal planes. Instead there's two. Or the really immersion breaking feature in the clipping mask, it's less than a metre or so away. Anything outside of it just isn't rendered, while the world behind it of course is visible, so your 3d models just get cut off. Everything in the lead-up indicated there might be a leap, but the reality is it's an incremental change. That's nice, but not what people hoped for.
  - DonHopkins 8y ago
    >That's nice, but not what people hoped for. People hoped for what they were promised in the fictional hype.
a-dub 8y ago
The funny thing is, that was once the Segway.... which was something of a huge costly joke when it was finally unveiled. Fast forward 5-10 years (I guess cheaper batteries helped?) and it seems that these fancy electric single wheel with a fancy active control system to balance on one axis are actually starting to do pretty well...
- fest 8y ago
  Doing so well, that one of the companies faced by a lawsuit from Segway just bought them (Xiaomi now owns Segway).

sp332 8y ago

What's wrong with being a better Hololens?

dna_polymerase 8y ago
Nothing wrong, but given all the buzz I expected something incredible. This right now has already be done, by Microsoft, so I don't really see how they could possibly compete in this market.
- deleted 8y ago
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- DonHopkins 8y ago
  And Microsoft managed to ship Hololens without settling any sexual discrimination lawsuits. (Obviously they have better lawyers!) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/14/magic-leap-faces-sexual-discrimination-suit https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/14/magic-lea... https://mic.com/articles/168619/the-most-damning-allegations-from-the-sexual-discrimination-complaint-against-magic-leap https://mic.com/articles/168619/the-most-damning-allegations... https://www.wired.com/2017/05/magic-leap-bias-suit-sexism-sign-failure/ https://www.wired.com/2017/05/magic-leap-bias-suit-sexism-si... >Thanks to Campbell's lawsuit, a whole new host of questions have arisen, as well as a sinking suspicion that the company is even more dysfunctional than previously thought. Excessive hype is one sign of a company possibly foundering due to mismanagement. Misogyny of the kind alleged by Campbell suggests dysfunction on a whole other level. As incidents of sexism in tech pile up, it's becoming clear that misogyny in the industry is both a moral travesty and a potential warning sign that a business is in trouble.
IkmoIkmo 8y ago
The fact they should've called it the Minor Leap One! All jokes aside, it was shrouded in mystery and there was some marketing material that showed, as another poster described it, modern console level graphics, when in reality the product's graphics kind of look like the 1996 N64 to 2000 PS2, so far. Plus there was excitement about certain features, like many three or even six focal planes. Instead there's two. Or the really immersion breaking feature in the clipping mask, it's less than a metre or so away. Anything outside of it just isn't rendered, while the world behind it of course is visible, so your 3d models just get cut off. Everything in the lead-up indicated there might be a leap, but the reality is it's an incremental change. That's nice, but not what people hoped for.
- DonHopkins 8y ago
  >That's nice, but not what people hoped for. People hoped for what they were promised in the fictional hype.

a-dub 8y ago

The funny thing is, that was once the Segway.... which was something of a huge costly joke when it was finally unveiled. Fast forward 5-10 years (I guess cheaper batteries helped?) and it seems that these fancy electric single wheel with a fancy active control system to balance on one axis are actually starting to do pretty well...

fest 8y ago
Doing so well, that one of the companies faced by a lawsuit from Segway just bought them (Xiaomi now owns Segway).