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What happened to magic leap?

K0SM0S 7y ago
Apparently, last I heard (was a good year ago), - the whole thing was overblown, overhyped, etc. - tech nowhere near ready at the level of expectation they built. Basically was more limited than Hololens (narrow field of view) but some cool effects. Resolution/performance was apparently not good to see. - Software wasn't much evolved either. The entire thing was a borderline scam, despite big names etc. who apparently got hyped like the rest of us.
- edoo 7y ago
  True yet I am excited about the future. Eventually this tech will be in an eyeglass form factor with perfect resolution. It might take 30 years but when it happens I think it will be more society changing than the TV ever was.
  - K0SM0S 7y ago
    I don't think it's 30 years, more like 10 max. Hopefully :) Agreed, AR is big. Very big. This is going to be a fascinating century if we keep the current pace of acceleration.
  - Tinfoilhat666 7y ago
    Nreal has already eyeglass form factor: https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/08/nreal-light-mixed-reality-glasses-sunglasses-hands-on https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/08/nreal-light-mixed-realit...
  - darkerside 7y ago
    Why? TV was about broadcasting a visual experience to many people in real time for the first time ever. AR is about creating a purely individual visual experience. Much more the domain of art than business. What will be world changing about it?
    - edoo 7y ago
      I actually think business adoption will be the primary driving factor at first. When it is unobtrusive enough for the average person to use all the time the integration with your life will become deep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMZaCVq5__g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMZaCVq5__g
moron4hire 7y ago
It's ok. I have both a HoloLens 1 and a Magic Leap One [0]. The Magic Leap is kind of like HoloLens 1.5. Unlike a sibling comment, I don't think it's a "borderline scam", but I do think the company is struggling to live up to their own hype. When it was released, it had a lot of problems. The latest OS update is much better. I first tried it around OS v0.17 and it was pretty shaky and crashed a lot. By v0.20, it was running much better, but that was like 6 months later. I think they felt pressured to release earlier than they should have. I've been pretty busy at work with a mobile VR project, so haven't touched the Magic Leap in a while. Current OS version is 0.22. Curious to see how it's doing. [0] I keep a full list of my hardware here: https://seanmcbeth.com/vr.html https://seanmcbeth.com/vr.html Ask me anything about anything on the list. The notes on the page are a little outdated, as I have now used all of the hardware I have (and have it all readily accessible on a shelf at work). Maybe I'll update the notes tomorrow.
- speedplane 7y ago
  > I've been pretty busy at work with a mobile VR project, so haven't touched the Magic Leap in a while. ... Curious to see how it's doing. Magic Leap has always raised a swath of significant red flags, but for me, one of those red flags is that the company is based in Florida. As Roger Stone famously said, "Florida is a sunny place for shady people". I'm pretty skeptical of any company or person based there that makes transformative claims. I would love to be downvoted and proven wrong about this in comments below, so if you have good counter-examples, please share.

Apparently, last I heard (was a good year ago), - the whole thing was overblown, overhyped, etc. - tech nowhere near ready at the level of expectation they built. Basically was more limited than Hololens (narrow field of view) but some cool effects. Resolution/performance was apparently not good to see. - Software wasn't much evolved either. The entire thing was a borderline scam, despite big names etc. who apparently got hyped like the rest of us.

edoo 7y ago
True yet I am excited about the future. Eventually this tech will be in an eyeglass form factor with perfect resolution. It might take 30 years but when it happens I think it will be more society changing than the TV ever was.
- K0SM0S 7y ago
  I don't think it's 30 years, more like 10 max. Hopefully :) Agreed, AR is big. Very big. This is going to be a fascinating century if we keep the current pace of acceleration.
- Tinfoilhat666 7y ago
  Nreal has already eyeglass form factor: https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/08/nreal-light-mixed-reality-glasses-sunglasses-hands-on https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/08/nreal-light-mixed-realit...
- darkerside 7y ago
  Why? TV was about broadcasting a visual experience to many people in real time for the first time ever. AR is about creating a purely individual visual experience. Much more the domain of art than business. What will be world changing about it?
  - edoo 7y ago
    I actually think business adoption will be the primary driving factor at first. When it is unobtrusive enough for the average person to use all the time the integration with your life will become deep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMZaCVq5__g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMZaCVq5__g

moron4hire 7y ago

It's ok. I have both a HoloLens 1 and a Magic Leap One [0]. The Magic Leap is kind of like HoloLens 1.5. Unlike a sibling comment, I don't think it's a "borderline scam", but I do think the company is struggling to live up to their own hype. When it was released, it had a lot of problems. The latest OS update is much better. I first tried it around OS v0.17 and it was pretty shaky and crashed a lot. By v0.20, it was running much better, but that was like 6 months later. I think they felt pressured to release earlier than they should have. I've been pretty busy at work with a mobile VR project, so haven't touched the Magic Leap in a while. Current OS version is 0.22. Curious to see how it's doing. [0] I keep a full list of my hardware here: https://seanmcbeth.com/vr.html https://seanmcbeth.com/vr.html Ask me anything about anything on the list. The notes on the page are a little outdated, as I have now used all of the hardware I have (and have it all readily accessible on a shelf at work). Maybe I'll update the notes tomorrow.

speedplane 7y ago
> I've been pretty busy at work with a mobile VR project, so haven't touched the Magic Leap in a while. ... Curious to see how it's doing. Magic Leap has always raised a swath of significant red flags, but for me, one of those red flags is that the company is based in Florida. As Roger Stone famously said, "Florida is a sunny place for shady people". I'm pretty skeptical of any company or person based there that makes transformative claims. I would love to be downvoted and proven wrong about this in comments below, so if you have good counter-examples, please share.