When considering whether or not Magic Leap will succeed, I think it's helpful to set aside all the hype and speculation and just look at the Magic Leap One for

When considering whether or not Magic Leap will succeed, I think it's helpful to set aside all the hype and speculation and just look at the Magic Leap One for what it is. As far as I'm aware, the Magic Leap One is the best AR headset on the market today, at least in terms of the hardware. Compared to its stiffest competition, the Hololens, it's lighter on your head, has a wider field of view, is $700 cheaper, and features eye tracking, a 6-DOF controller, and a dual-focal display. But is that enough? Even with all those improvements, it's still a $2,295 headset with a fairly small FOV and several significant technical constraints. Clearly it's not ready yet for mass adoption with general consumers, so the question is; what's next? Is Magic Leap planning to release an updated version in a couple years that's less than half the price and technically superior to their existing headset? Can they last that long without any major revenue source? Or do they have other means of becoming profitable (perhaps commercial applications of the tech)? Still lots of unanswered questions here.