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Report: Magical Leap Sees Sluggish Sales Numbers Amidst Latest Funding Round

Road to VR

Magic Leap is one of the most well-funded startups in history, boasting $2.6 A new report from The Information however alleges that the company has seen sluggish sales of its Magic Leap One AR headset, something that reportedly only sold 6,000 units in the first six months following its August 2018 launch.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I hope that a future rumor clarifies a bit more what is Facebook’s strategy. (Thanks Alessio Palumbo for the tip!). Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap looks for a $100-million deal to save itself. More info (Magic Leap trying to raise $100M) More info (Magic Leap timing for the future).

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XR Talks: Defining the AR Cloud, Part I

AR Insider

Representing varied approaches from tech giants, it’s been called everything from LiveMaps (Facebook) to Magicverse (Magic Leap). Going deeper into AR cloud strategies, AR cloud pioneer and 6d.ai Mapping the physical world requires scale and deep pockets, akin to Google or Snap. The Application Layer.

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VIEW Conference 2018 will host amazing XR talks and workshops

The Ghost Howls

This is a list of some of the talks that have immediately caught my attention : Google Spotlight Stories team has always been able to create amazing short movies in VR (Image by Google Spotlight). Google Spotlight Stories has always created very interesting immersive content, like the first VR doodle. More details. More details.

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Are Publishers Ready to go Virtual?

Tech Trends VR

It’s courseware that you can interact with either on a PC, or stick it on a Google cardboard and in there you’d have hotspots where you can find out more about certain elements, or control where you go within the experience. This is where it sits within a Pearson product. This article was originally published on The Bookseller’s FutureBook.

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Editorial: Smartphones Won’t Be Replaced By VR And AR Headsets, Yet

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The best examples of this are the Magic Leap prototypes, Microsoft Hololens and Qualcomm’s VR reference design. While we know that companies like Facebook and Google are hard at work on their own standalone prototypes, there is very little expectation they’ll be any smaller than the current AR/VR headsets out today.

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

The Ghost Howls

This business strategy of selling to few people for a high price has completely sense , considering that all the device has been conceived to add all the features that could make it compelling mostly for professionals. Magic Leap releases its SDK. It is so possible to start creating your Magic Leap application.

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