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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

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Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. Magic Leap is back: CEO Peggy Johnson has just unveiled in a post on the company blog the Magic Leap 2 , the new version of the AR glasses from the company in Florida. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids.

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Unicorn AR Startup Magic Leap is Killing Its First Headset Next Year

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Magic Leap 1, the AR headset that helped the Plantation, Florida-based startup attract over three billion dollars in funding, will be completely defunct by late next year. The company announced this week that Magic Leap 1’s cloud services are due to be shut off on December 31st, 2024.

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Sony Acquires Beyond Sports to Expand Metaverse Solutions

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Sony Interactive Entertainment is also set to join massive tech giants such as Magic Leap, AT&T, Amazon, Qualcomm, Unity, Lenovo, and many others at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 in Miami, Florida.

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Caregility Opens XR Solution at Saudi’s Seha Virtual Hospital

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These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Stake in Magic Leap Riyadh also acquired a majority stake in Magic Leap, allowing the firm a seat on the board of directors.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

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And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Peggy Johnson is the new CEO of Magic Leap. News worth a mention.

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