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Magic Leap’s New AR Headset Is Coming This September

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The Magic Leap 2 will be available for purchase starting at $3,299 through select partners. American startup company Magic Leap has announced the official price and specs of the Magic Leap 2, its latest mixed reality headset designed for professionals and developers. Image Credit: Magic Leap.

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Takes Control of Magic Leap

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To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The investment by Saudi’s PIF division allows the region to own over 50 percent of Magic Leap’s ownership stake. 120 Hz refresh rate.

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

The Ghost Howls

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. The headset looks like an improved Magic Leap 1, lighted, slimmer and more elegant, and with a single cable on the back.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook halts the sale of Quest in Germany. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany. Germany, please save us . More info (Facebook halting Quest sales in Germany) More info (A Redditor explaining the problem). Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap and its magic drop.

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Researchers Electrically Stimulate Muscles in Haptic Designed for Hands-free AR Input

Road to VR

Researchers at The Human Computer Interaction Lab at Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam, Germany, published a video recently showing a novel solution to the problem of wearable haptics for augmented reality. The researchers say their system “adds physical forces while keeping the users’ hands free to interact unencumbered.”

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Virtual Battles on Your Coffee Table

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This is what video game giant Wargaming are hoping to prove when they start demoing their latest offering at Gamescom in Germany this week. Wargaming are also interested in developing content that will work on headsets such as Magic Leap, who Daly says they’re currently “talking to.”.

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Magic Leap Update Brings Hand Occlusion, Expanded Multiplayer Support & More

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Despite securing $280 million from Japan’s largest telecom earlier this summer, we’ve heard surprisingly little from the multi-billion dollar AR startup of late regarding its flagship headset, Magic Leap One. Image courtesy Magic Leap, Weta Workshop. Multiplayer Improvements.