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Magic Leap next?

monkeydust 7y ago
What have they achieved, has anyone been blown away by them? For me just getting into VR thanks to Oculus Quest which I have to say is an amazing product for the price.
- emef 7y ago
  I tried their demo at CVPR a few months ago. It was super immersive and crisp. You interact with an AI "guide" who shows you how to look around, pick things up, stick them on the wall, etc. It was surprisingly unnerving to look the AI in the eyes and have her react to my gestures. Beyond a sweet demo, not sure what the value in the product would be for a general consumer option, but cool technology for sure.
  - woah 7y ago
    They have a demo now???
    - emef 7y ago
      Had to wait forever to get a time slot. They do 10-15 minute demos in a temporary room they put up on the expo floor.
  - EpicEng 7y ago
    Interesting considering this comment from about the same time frame. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20253177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20253177
- petersonh 7y ago
  I've heard it's pretty meh, not the revolution they promised - Hololens 2 is supposed to be better.
  - Tinfoilhat666 7y ago
    I don't like the clumsy look of Magic Leap or Hololens 2. Nreal has created glasses which look like sunglasses. That's the future. I could wear them in public. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/9/18176083/nreal-augmented-reality-ar-smart-glasses-features-pricing-release-date-ces-2019 https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/9/18176083/nr...
- milesward 7y ago
  We collaborated with them to build a demo for visualizing Google Cloud infrastructure thru their system: it was super impressive and fun, made me think of building a whole AR vNOC. Wild times!
- twic 7y ago
  The AR hype bubble is collapsing now. The not-actually-tech bubble (WeWork, Uber) is next. I think it'll be AI after that (is that bubble even still around?). Great times to be picking up cheap office furniture!
  - bitL 7y ago
    ML is unlikely to bust; it actually works well and it's integrated into most services any of us uses regularly; just because you don't feel it/see it advertised openly, doesn't mean it is not going to be needed. I'd rather assume it's going to accelerate for even more (cognitive) automation, unlike AR/VR/BTC etc.

Magic Leap next?

What have they achieved, has anyone been blown away by them? For me just getting into VR thanks to Oculus Quest which I have to say is an amazing product for the price.

emef 7y ago
I tried their demo at CVPR a few months ago. It was super immersive and crisp. You interact with an AI "guide" who shows you how to look around, pick things up, stick them on the wall, etc. It was surprisingly unnerving to look the AI in the eyes and have her react to my gestures. Beyond a sweet demo, not sure what the value in the product would be for a general consumer option, but cool technology for sure.
- woah 7y ago
  They have a demo now???
  - emef 7y ago
    Had to wait forever to get a time slot. They do 10-15 minute demos in a temporary room they put up on the expo floor.
- EpicEng 7y ago
  Interesting considering this comment from about the same time frame. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20253177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20253177
petersonh 7y ago
I've heard it's pretty meh, not the revolution they promised - Hololens 2 is supposed to be better.
- Tinfoilhat666 7y ago
  I don't like the clumsy look of Magic Leap or Hololens 2. Nreal has created glasses which look like sunglasses. That's the future. I could wear them in public. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/9/18176083/nreal-augmented-reality-ar-smart-glasses-features-pricing-release-date-ces-2019 https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/9/18176083/nr...
milesward 7y ago
We collaborated with them to build a demo for visualizing Google Cloud infrastructure thru their system: it was super impressive and fun, made me think of building a whole AR vNOC. Wild times!
twic 7y ago
The AR hype bubble is collapsing now. The not-actually-tech bubble (WeWork, Uber) is next. I think it'll be AI after that (is that bubble even still around?). Great times to be picking up cheap office furniture!
- bitL 7y ago
  ML is unlikely to bust; it actually works well and it's integrated into most services any of us uses regularly; just because you don't feel it/see it advertised openly, doesn't mean it is not going to be needed. I'd rather assume it's going to accelerate for even more (cognitive) automation, unlike AR/VR/BTC etc.