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Are they planning a sort of technical deep dive/developer Q&A? The page reeks of marketing and is extremely lax on any kind of substantial details that would ma

Are they planning a sort of technical deep dive/developer Q&A? The page reeks of marketing and is extremely lax on any kind of substantial details that would make me want to purchase one of these things. I've enjoyed my vive and rift since they both came out, and I'd love to try this gadget out. It doesn't appear to be worth the cost at face value though.

DonHopkins 8y ago
I'm shocked, I say shocked, that something from Magic Leap could possibly be said to reek of marketing. You should spend the next six minutes and seventeen seconds of your life watching this amazing piece of public relations magic that transparently unveils the deep truth of what Magic Leap is really all about: The synthesis of imagination: Rony Abovitz and Magic Leap at TEDxSarasota https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8J5BWL8oJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8J5BWL8oJY
- hexeater 8y ago
  I suppose we have to suffer this type of non-content in order to enable those who ultimately deliver the goods!
  - DonHopkins 8y ago
    Just like the way we had to suffer through the developer slave auctions at the infamous Microsoft "Pax Romana" toga party in Spartan Arena they rented along with real live lions for the DirectX II launch party, which decades later eventually led to the Hololens. The ends always justify the means. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.programmer/lNrrRSSOqik https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.programmer... https://books.google.nl/books?id=1wEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT115&lpg=PT115&dq=microsoft+auctioned+off+developers+toga+party+%22CGDC%22&source=bl&ots=cNT6TMgNe6&sig=l-E7xzlMdFOZTNsC24OPQZC0CgQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW96CoyJDdAhUKbFAKHUoOB3kQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=microsoft%20auctioned%20off%20developers%20toga%20party%20%22CGDC%22&f=false https://books.google.nl/books?id=1wEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT115&lpg=P... >If somebody entered a tournament and won, they got money and gifts from the sponsors. If they lost, centurions would march them off at spear point and confine them to the slave pit to be auctioned to the audience or fed to the lions. There were two live lions at the party, but only one actually escaped during the event. (I witnessed the event. The lions were real, and Microsoft was handing out as much free Silly String to drunken developers as they could carry. The article accurately goes on to describe the Roman orgy, slave girls in brightly colored robes and slave men in loin cloths and sandals, and slaves hand feeding grapes to the party's corporate sponsors wearing robes, and fanning them with palms, and the slave auction. But I digress...)
    - maccard 8y ago
      When you mentioned DX II I immediately thought of Alex st john and thought "surely that's a coincidence". Amusingly, I was wrong.
      - DonHopkins 8y ago
        Even his own daughter thinks his 'vile' opinions he expressed in his 'horrific toddler meltdown' are 'sexist' and 'wrong' and 'revolting'. https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/21/11479710/alex-st-johns-daughter-responds https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/21/11479710/alex-st-johns-dau...
- carrja99 8y ago
  Love the top comment "Probably the best example I have ever seen of a company that desperately needs a marketing director..."
- Reedx 8y ago
  I don't understand how Magic Leap thought this was worthwhile. Nor do I understand how TEDx thought it was an idea worth spreading. Can anyone explain the logic behind it on both sides?
  - ReverseCold 8y ago
    For the TED(x) talk part, anyone can give a TEDx talk. There are lots of local events, and the videos are published on their website.
  - lozenge 8y ago
    TEDx are independently run events riding on the TED brand (with permission). Basically what Forbes Online is to Forbes.
- telltruth 8y ago
  Oh... that's not even their piece de resistance. Watch this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0T6hLH15k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0T6hLH15k These folks lied straight on face of everyone like there was no tomorrow.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
  What did I just watch?!
Ajedi32 8y ago
Not many technical details from Magic Leap themselves, unfortunately. I'd recommend you check out the [Tested review][1] and [iFixit teardown][2]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrq2akzdFq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrq2akzdFq8 [2]: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Magic+Leap+One+Teardown/112245 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Magic+Leap+One+Teardown/1122...
blobbers 8y ago
It isn't even good marketing - these demo pages are terrible!

DonHopkins 8y ago

I'm shocked, I say shocked, that something from Magic Leap could possibly be said to reek of marketing. You should spend the next six minutes and seventeen seconds of your life watching this amazing piece of public relations magic that transparently unveils the deep truth of what Magic Leap is really all about: The synthesis of imagination: Rony Abovitz and Magic Leap at TEDxSarasota https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8J5BWL8oJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8J5BWL8oJY

hexeater 8y ago
I suppose we have to suffer this type of non-content in order to enable those who ultimately deliver the goods!
- DonHopkins 8y ago
  Just like the way we had to suffer through the developer slave auctions at the infamous Microsoft "Pax Romana" toga party in Spartan Arena they rented along with real live lions for the DirectX II launch party, which decades later eventually led to the Hololens. The ends always justify the means. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.programmer/lNrrRSSOqik https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.programmer... https://books.google.nl/books?id=1wEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT115&lpg=PT115&dq=microsoft+auctioned+off+developers+toga+party+%22CGDC%22&source=bl&ots=cNT6TMgNe6&sig=l-E7xzlMdFOZTNsC24OPQZC0CgQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW96CoyJDdAhUKbFAKHUoOB3kQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=microsoft%20auctioned%20off%20developers%20toga%20party%20%22CGDC%22&f=false https://books.google.nl/books?id=1wEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT115&lpg=P... >If somebody entered a tournament and won, they got money and gifts from the sponsors. If they lost, centurions would march them off at spear point and confine them to the slave pit to be auctioned to the audience or fed to the lions. There were two live lions at the party, but only one actually escaped during the event. (I witnessed the event. The lions were real, and Microsoft was handing out as much free Silly String to drunken developers as they could carry. The article accurately goes on to describe the Roman orgy, slave girls in brightly colored robes and slave men in loin cloths and sandals, and slaves hand feeding grapes to the party's corporate sponsors wearing robes, and fanning them with palms, and the slave auction. But I digress...)
  - maccard 8y ago
    When you mentioned DX II I immediately thought of Alex st john and thought "surely that's a coincidence". Amusingly, I was wrong.
    - DonHopkins 8y ago
      Even his own daughter thinks his 'vile' opinions he expressed in his 'horrific toddler meltdown' are 'sexist' and 'wrong' and 'revolting'. https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/21/11479710/alex-st-johns-daughter-responds https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/21/11479710/alex-st-johns-dau...
carrja99 8y ago
Love the top comment "Probably the best example I have ever seen of a company that desperately needs a marketing director..."
Reedx 8y ago
I don't understand how Magic Leap thought this was worthwhile. Nor do I understand how TEDx thought it was an idea worth spreading. Can anyone explain the logic behind it on both sides?
- ReverseCold 8y ago
  For the TED(x) talk part, anyone can give a TEDx talk. There are lots of local events, and the videos are published on their website.
- lozenge 8y ago
  TEDx are independently run events riding on the TED brand (with permission). Basically what Forbes Online is to Forbes.
telltruth 8y ago
Oh... that's not even their piece de resistance. Watch this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0T6hLH15k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM0T6hLH15k These folks lied straight on face of everyone like there was no tomorrow.
mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
What did I just watch?!

Ajedi32 8y ago

Not many technical details from Magic Leap themselves, unfortunately. I'd recommend you check out the [Tested review][1] and [iFixit teardown][2]. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrq2akzdFq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrq2akzdFq8 [2]: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Magic+Leap+One+Teardown/112245 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Magic+Leap+One+Teardown/1122...

blobbers 8y ago

It isn't even good marketing - these demo pages are terrible!