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ILMxLab’s John Gaeta Joins Magic Leap as Senior VP of Creative Strategies

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John Gaeta, known for his work as visual effects supervisor on The Matrix trilogy and for launching Lucasfilm’s immersive media branch ILMxLab , is joining the mysterious augmented reality start-up Magic Leap. As reported by The Verge , Gaeta says he’s joined Magic Leap as Senior Vice President of Creative Strategies. “It

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Magic Leap’s John Gaeta talks about the future of cinema, storytelling and mixed reality

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He has joined Rony Abovitz at Magic Leap and now he’s there, trying to build the MagicVerse as the SVP of Creative Strategy of the Florida company. People knew it was not possible to do that: the film resonated because only in a simulation, only in virtual reality you can cheat time and space. Magic Leap glasses.

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A decade later, this VR treadmill is finally ready to ship

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As free promotion for hardware startups go, one would be hard pressed to point to something better than a $175 million Spielberg film. “It The move is especially interesting in light of the relatively recent shift toward enterprise customers that’s been explored by Meta, Magic Leap and HTC. It was actually Warner Bros.

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VR’s Killer App May Be Full-Body Codec Avatars

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The “uncanny valley” refers to a well-known concept describing the discomfort people feel seeing faces that resemble humans but miss the mark in meaningful ways. Crossing The Uncanny Valley. Likeability drops and you’re left with what looks like a valley on the chart. That’s kind of like an existential requirement of this technology.”.

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The High-end VR Room of the Future Looks Like This

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Future solutions will get rid of clunky wired headsets and move onto glasses that can project a high-definition image onto the eye, a la Magic Leap, and eventually contact lenses that contain tiny screens. Neural plugins: The Matrix (film). Total Recall (film). Avatar (film). Sword Art Online (TV show).

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.13): Apple doesn’t show its AR glasses at WWDC, Meta delays its AR plans, and more!

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Tribeca Film Festival is going to happen also in VR. The Tribeca Film Festival is returning both in the physical venue and in VR inside Museum Of Other Realities. Lumus Maximus proves to be one of the most interesting reference designs for AR glasses. More info (Ghostbusters VR) More info (Zenith) More info (Demeo). Other news.

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Holographic Waveguides: What You Need To Know To Understand The Smartglasses Market

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These micro-ridges are referred to as a “surface relief” waveguide. Magic Leap. For a secretive company, we can learn a lot about Magic Leap from their patent filings and acquisitions, namely that they launched without a clear path to executing their vision. Now engrave a series of these into the surface of a lens.