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Report: AR Startup Magic Leap is Looking for a Buyer

Road to VR

Magic Leap, the multi-billion dollar AR startup, could be exploring the possibility of a sale, a Bloomberg report maintains, citing people familiar with the matter. billion since its initial Series A financing in 2014, garnering cash from the likes of Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, and Andreessen Horowitz over the years.

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Magic Leap One first impressions review: it’s not a leap, but a step

The Ghost Howls

I thought it would have taken me a lot before I would be able to try the Magic Leap One , but luckily this has not been the case. We had full-body room-scale VR in 2014 , we were so cool. At a certain point, I asked him: “oh, you said me that you have tried Magic Leap… how is it?” I was amazed.

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Norm Glasses Enter Expanding Market for Augmented Reality Eyewear

ARPost

There is now a growing market including Magic Leap , Epson, Nreal , ThirdEye , and now Norm. Magic Leap has some entertainment experiences, but the price and size make them more of a tool. This was around 2014,” said Charles Sun, founder of Human Capable. So, where do Norm AR glasses fit in?

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Topshop is no stranger to using VR as a marketing tool (they live-streamed a virtual catwalk all the way back in 2014), but they’ve really taken the plunge on this one. After quietly settling a gender discrimination lawsuit recently, it turns out that Magic Leap is back on the fundraising trail. Apparently the $1.4B

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XR Training Offers Major Boost to Learner Outcomes, CWRU Exec Says

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Case Western Reserve University, a world-renowned medical institution, joined the event to reveal how it leveraged Microsoft’s MR tools by combining them with its educational software platform. Farrow stated that her medical school, one of the top 25 institutions in the United States, developed a new facility in 2014.

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Celebrating the 2023 Auggie Awards and XR Prize Challenge

ARPost

Zappar was also up for Auggie Awards in the categories of Best Creator & Authoring Tool, Best Developer Tool, Best Headworn Device, Best in Location-Based Entertainment, and Best Societal Impact. She also presented the winner with a 15.6in Sony Spatial Reality Display. We’re just so happy.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

We have a platform called xrcollaboration.com, and there's been over 70 startups that have created XR collaboration tools that allow you to go in VR, go into AR glasses, and communicate with people around the world. They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. So you have a ton of new startups on the market as well.

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