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According to a patent released last week by the US Patent and Trademark Office, AR startup Magic Leap has begun exploring the concept of smart glasses that can “monitor glucose levels over time” along with other vitals. Image Credit: Magic Leap / Jang-Ung Park & UNIST. MORE
A recent report from Tom’s Hardware indicates Magic Leap is acquiring the 3D scanning assets of Dacuda — a company known historically for creating pocket scanners and recently for its 3D SLAM technologies. MORE
Magic Leaps’ augmented reality technology still remains a mystery but, whatever it ends up being, you’ll be able to read comics on it. Madefire this weekend announced a partnership with Magic Leap to release its digital comic book app on the platform at launch. Magic Leap, meanwhile, still remains shrouded in mystery. MORE
Magic Leap , the still-in-stealth-mode company developing an augmented-reality headset, announced that it has raised $502 million in Series D equity funding, led by Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings. MORE
Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. MORE
Rumors from back in September of Magic Leap raising a Series D investment were confirmed today as the company revealed an additional $502 million in venture funding, led by a Singaporean investment firm Temasek, with participation from strategic and financial investors. MORE
Since Magic Leap’s inception in 2011, there has been great innovation in the technology sector focused in the virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) space with Magic Leap trying to create a new hardware interface designs. Enter Magic Leap. MORE
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Magic Leap’s Lumin OS, Lowe’s sees ROI with VR and the enterprise is ready for MR. Magic Leap updated its developer documentation which provided some new details and imagery on the company’s Lumin operating system. Google unveils new virtual reality experience at SIGGRAPH 2018 ( Phys.org ). MORE
Secretive augmented-reality start-up Magic Leap is partnering with online comic book publisher Madefire to deliver mixed reality comics to Magic Leap’s devices when they launch. ” Madefire already has VR apps for the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR, but Magic Leap advisor Andy Lanning has revealed a couple of key differences at the con. The post Magic Leap and Madefire delivering VR Comic appeared first on VR World. MORE
Magic Leap remains shrouded in mystery but continues to impress investors; the company’s just raised another $502 million in a Series D round of funding. They join several other high-profile investors including Google, which helped put the company on the map in the first place. While far from confirmation, this does add weight to the rumor that we’ll see the device — named Magic Leap One — by March 2018. Magic Leap VR Industry News MORE
To bring the matters home to the readers of this website, graphene battery technology is one of key technologies we need for headsets such as Google Glass 2, which is currently being developed in conjunction with Luxottica , or a more recent development, Magic Leap prototype augmented reality glass. MORE
Magic Leap One owners, start your virtual engines, as automotive virtual reality developer RelayCars has published an app to Magic Leap World that lets users customize and test drive a 2019 Kia Stinger. MORE
Following four years of development, Magic Leap announced today that it will begin shipping the Magic Leap One Creator Edition to developers this summer — a window that began on June 21, 2018 and will end on September 22, 2018. Magic Leap’s use of the Tegra X2 means that the spatial computer’s total horsepower will be substantially ahead of the Nintendo Switch console, which uses a Tegra X1. Above: Graeme Devine of Magic Leap. MORE
Over the past three years Magic Leap have been one of the darlings of Augmented/Mixed reality. billion in funding from investors such as Google, Andreessen Horowitz and Alibaba. I was visiting Microsoft’s Vancouver office shortly after hearing those recent Magic Leap reports. MORE
Recently, the US-based augmented reality startup Magic Leap has come up with a video, which talks about your morning routines provided the fact that you are living in its mixed reality future. God Knows, how exactly is Magic Leap impressing these investors. MORE
Update: We received the following statement from Magic Leap about the departure: “Andy Fouche will no longer serve as VP of Public Relations for Magic Leap, Inc. A LinkedIn profile for Fouché lists him formerly in the Magic Leap position. MORE
Magic Leap Inc. , As stated, they are thinking of taking part in a new financing round of more than $500 million, bringing Magic Leap valuation close to $6 billion. Magic Leap’s last financing round, led by Alibaba , valued the company at $4.5 MORE
Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” Magic Leap availability. Finally Magic Leap will be available in almost all the United States. Magic Leap has unveiled the roadmap for the next months. MORE
Magic Leap finally materializes into a product some of us can actually buy, yet the real test will be whether developers take the bait. There’s only so much “we know something you don’t know” you can take before it starts to become annoying, but Magic Leap simply would not take a hint. MORE
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Now the Magic Leap One , the severely hyped upcoming AR headset that no one can talk about, only has a 40 degree horizontal field of view according to uncovered developer documentation. In a world where the upcoming Leap Motion North Star headset reportedly has a 100-degree FOV and Magic Leap’s received over $2 billion in funding by comparison, 40 degrees horizontally isn’t much of a “leap” forward at all. MORE
An unnamed source reportedly sent a photo of the secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap’s hardware to Business Insider. In a story posted Friday evening, BI showed the photo off to the world in what could be our first look at one of Magic Leap’s AR prototypes. MORE
Artificial reality startup Magic Leap is accusing two Silicon Valley employees of stealing the closely guarded secrets that make its technological tricks work. MORE
If you’ve had a passing interest in the technology landscape over the past four years, chances are you’ve heard mention of something called Magic Leap. What Is Magic Leap One? Magic Leap One Creator Edition comes with five experiences out of the box. MORE
Update: Magic Leap’s CEO took to Twitter today to explain this photo more clearly. – (Original Story): An unnamed source reportedly sent a photo of the secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap’s hardware to Business Insider. MORE
We are in the days of the Magic Leap hype : developers that have bought it are posting videos everywhere and every one of us is trying to understand if the device is valuable or not. So, here you are my editorial regarding Magic Leap. A girl wearing Magic Leap. MORE
We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games’ Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing games for a spatial computing platform. Google highlights 4 ARCore apps. Image courtesy Google. MORE
The Florida-based Magic Leap has raised $1.9 billion from heavy hitters like Google Ventures and the Alibaba Research group. In a blog post, Jeff Ruediger, the Managing Director of Magic Leap Screens (how would you like to see that on your name tag at a high school reunion?) MORE
Angry Birds, the mobile breakout hit, is coming to Magic Leap in a brand new game called Angry Birds FPS: First Person Slingshot. The original game of the same name has more than 100 million installs on Android, according to the Google Play store. MORE
Among a treasure trove of new developer information on the Lumin OS that Magic Leap recently published on its Creator Portal appears to be the official confirmation of the Magic Leap Mobile Companion App. MORE
Nearly four years after it was first teased to the world, the first Magic Leap augmented reality headset is now on sale to developers. Magic Leap One, as the device is called, can be purchased through the company’s website as a Creator Edition for $2,295. Developers have had access to Magic Leap’s software development kit (SDK) since it launched at GDC back in March. billion in funding since 2014 from the likes of Google and many more. MORE
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Magic Leap One’s FOV, HTC Vive still most popular with devs, and new Apple AR patents. Some hidden text in Magic Leap’s developer website code revealed that the field of view for the upcoming Magic Leap One will be 40 degrees horizontal by 30 degrees vertical, with a 4:3 aspect ratio. MORE
In an industry populated with giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft it is astounding that one of the most important names in the game is a startup known as Magic Leap. Earlier this year, Magic Leap raised an enormous round of fundraising when it pulled in $793.5 MORE
Magic Leap is taking orders for its first product, the $2,295 Magic Leap One Creator Edition augmented reality glasses. CEO Rony Abovitz has been waiting for this day for a long time — since he started Magic Leap in his garage in Florida back in 2010. He saw an explosion of expectations and hype after Google invested more than $500 million in the company, raising expectations for AR and mixed reality. Above: Magic Leap One Creator Edition. MORE
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Magic Leap One launches, a look at the first Magic Leap apps and a sneak peek of the depth sensing capabilities of HoloLens 2. MORE
Source: Magic Leap. In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Meta sale, Facebook AR glasses and Magic Leap mobile AR. Finally, a job posting by Magic Leap suggests that the AR headset maker is looking to expand into mobile AR. ISS Astronauts Use Magic Leap One to Prepare for Next Mission ( Next Reality ). MORE
Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Magic Leap. MORE
A bigger, more expansive app is on the way, but a taster experience launched on Google Cardboard this week, giving us our first peek at new minigames in which we play as Batman, The Flash, Wonder Woman and more. Magic Leap Gets A Rumored Price And Release Window. We still feel no closer to learning solid facts about the Magic Leap AR headset than we did when it was announced years ago, but an interesting new report suggests we may be finding out something very, very soon. MORE
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Santa Cruz Q1 2019, Magic Leap teardown and Magic Leap Dev conference. MORE
Way in October, Magic Leap , the still-in-stealth-mode company developing an augmented-reality headset, announced that it has raised $502 million in Series D equity funding , led by Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings. This came as a confirmation of a last week when Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz cryptically promised “ fun and cool stuff ” from this secretive augmented reality startup. MORE
Macrumors reported yesterday that the company have recruited two new team member, Zeyu Li from Magic Leap and Yury Petrov from Oculus. The post Apple CEO: VR Has “Lower Commercial Interest” than AR, New Hires from Magic Leap & Oculus appeared first on Road to VR. MORE
Magic Leap is adding Axel Springer to its expansive list of investors. ” Magic Leap is currently working on a pair of AR glasses that project virtual images into real-world environments, which could have plenty of potential applications in journalism, though we’re yet to see much of anything from the content side of the company so far. Late last year the company unveiled its first headset, the Magic Leap One, which will be shipping to developers this year. MORE
While little is known about Magic Leap’s technology, the startup’s funding story is a little more public. Google helped transform the Florida startup into a giant of the nascent AR industry in Oct. The tech giant was part of a funding round contributing more than $500 million to Magic Leap’s plan to build all parts of a society-changing AR headset. A press release from Magic Leap notes this investment arm is “sovereign.” MORE
Demystifying Magic Leap: What Is it and How Does it Work? Magic Leap has not been forthcoming with details about how their technology works. You can’t blame Magic Leap for wanting to keep it a secret. magic leap vr virtual reality augmented reality MORE
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Angry Birds, the mobile breakout hit, is coming to Magic Leap in a brand new game called Angry Birds FPS: First Person Slingshot. The original game of the same name has more than 100 million installs on Android, according to the Google Play store.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Rumors from back in September of Magic Leap raising a Series D investment were confirmed today as the company revealed an additional $502 million in venture funding, led by a Singaporean investment firm Temasek, with participation from strategic and financial investors.
VRScout
JUNE 20, 2018
According to a patent released last week by the US Patent and Trademark Office, AR startup Magic Leap has begun exploring the concept of smart glasses that can “monitor glucose levels over time” along with other vitals. Image Credit: Magic Leap / Jang-Ung Park & UNIST.
Next Reality AR
JULY 27, 2018
Among a treasure trove of new developer information on the Lumin OS that Magic Leap recently published on its Creator Portal appears to be the official confirmation of the Magic Leap Mobile Companion App.
Next Reality AR
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Magic Leap One owners, start your virtual engines, as automotive virtual reality developer RelayCars has published an app to Magic Leap World that lets users customize and test drive a 2019 Kia Stinger.
Road to VR
MARCH 20, 2018
Vive Pro date and price, Magic Leap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May.
UploadVR
AUGUST 9, 2018
If you’ve had a passing interest in the technology landscape over the past four years, chances are you’ve heard mention of something called Magic Leap. What Is Magic Leap One? Magic Leap One Creator Edition comes with five experiences out of the box.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
A recent report from Tom’s Hardware indicates Magic Leap is acquiring the 3D scanning assets of Dacuda — a company known historically for creating pocket scanners and recently for its 3D SLAM technologies.
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
An unnamed source reportedly sent a photo of the secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap’s hardware to Business Insider. In a story posted Friday evening, BI showed the photo off to the world in what could be our first look at one of Magic Leap’s AR prototypes.
The Ghost Howls
AUGUST 13, 2018
We are in the days of the Magic Leap hype : developers that have bought it are posting videos everywhere and every one of us is trying to understand if the device is valuable or not. So, here you are my editorial regarding Magic Leap. A girl wearing Magic Leap.
UploadVR
AUGUST 8, 2018
Nearly four years after it was first teased to the world, the first Magic Leap augmented reality headset is now on sale to developers. Magic Leap One, as the device is called, can be purchased through the company’s website as a Creator Edition for $2,295. Developers have had access to Magic Leap’s software development kit (SDK) since it launched at GDC back in March. billion in funding since 2014 from the likes of Google and many more.
UploadVR
JULY 31, 2018
Now the Magic Leap One , the severely hyped upcoming AR headset that no one can talk about, only has a 40 degree horizontal field of view according to uncovered developer documentation. In a world where the upcoming Leap Motion North Star headset reportedly has a 100-degree FOV and Magic Leap’s received over $2 billion in funding by comparison, 40 degrees horizontally isn’t much of a “leap” forward at all.
UploadVR
OCTOBER 24, 2016
In an industry populated with giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft it is astounding that one of the most important names in the game is a startup known as Magic Leap. Earlier this year, Magic Leap raised an enormous round of fundraising when it pulled in $793.5
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Magic Leap is adding Axel Springer to its expansive list of investors. ” Magic Leap is currently working on a pair of AR glasses that project virtual images into real-world environments, which could have plenty of potential applications in journalism, though we’re yet to see much of anything from the content side of the company so far. Late last year the company unveiled its first headset, the Magic Leap One, which will be shipping to developers this year.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” Magic Leap availability. Finally Magic Leap will be available in almost all the United States. Magic Leap has unveiled the roadmap for the next months.
UploadVR
JULY 11, 2018
Following four years of development, Magic Leap announced today that it will begin shipping the Magic Leap One Creator Edition to developers this summer — a window that began on June 21, 2018 and will end on September 22, 2018. Magic Leap’s use of the Tegra X2 means that the spatial computer’s total horsepower will be substantially ahead of the Nintendo Switch console, which uses a Tegra X1. Above: Graeme Devine of Magic Leap.
UploadVR
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Magic Leap remains shrouded in mystery but continues to impress investors; the company’s just raised another $502 million in a Series D round of funding. They join several other high-profile investors including Google, which helped put the company on the map in the first place. While far from confirmation, this does add weight to the rumor that we’ll see the device — named Magic Leap One — by March 2018. Magic Leap VR Industry News
UploadVR
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Update: We received the following statement from Magic Leap about the departure: “Andy Fouche will no longer serve as VP of Public Relations for Magic Leap, Inc. A LinkedIn profile for Fouché lists him formerly in the Magic Leap position.
UploadVR
MARCH 7, 2018
While little is known about Magic Leap’s technology, the startup’s funding story is a little more public. Google helped transform the Florida startup into a giant of the nascent AR industry in Oct. The tech giant was part of a funding round contributing more than $500 million to Magic Leap’s plan to build all parts of a society-changing AR headset. A press release from Magic Leap notes this investment arm is “sovereign.”
UploadVR
FEBRUARY 11, 2017
Update: Magic Leap’s CEO took to Twitter today to explain this photo more clearly. – (Original Story): An unnamed source reportedly sent a photo of the secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap’s hardware to Business Insider.
UploadVR
AUGUST 12, 2018
Magic Leap is taking orders for its first product, the $2,295 Magic Leap One Creator Edition augmented reality glasses. CEO Rony Abovitz has been waiting for this day for a long time — since he started Magic Leap in his garage in Florida back in 2010. He saw an explosion of expectations and hype after Google invested more than $500 million in the company, raising expectations for AR and mixed reality. Above: Magic Leap One Creator Edition.
UploadVR
DECEMBER 16, 2016
Over the past three years Magic Leap have been one of the darlings of Augmented/Mixed reality. billion in funding from investors such as Google, Andreessen Horowitz and Alibaba. I was visiting Microsoft’s Vancouver office shortly after hearing those recent Magic Leap reports.
AWE Blog
AUGUST 26, 2018
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Santa Cruz Q1 2019, Magic Leap teardown and Magic Leap Dev conference.
AllThingsVR
JULY 30, 2016
Demystifying Magic Leap: What Is it and How Does it Work? Magic Leap has not been forthcoming with details about how their technology works. You can’t blame Magic Leap for wanting to keep it a secret. magic leap vr virtual reality augmented reality
UploadVR
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Magic Leaps’ augmented reality technology still remains a mystery but, whatever it ends up being, you’ll be able to read comics on it. Madefire this weekend announced a partnership with Magic Leap to release its digital comic book app on the platform at launch. Magic Leap, meanwhile, still remains shrouded in mystery.
VRWorld
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Way in October, Magic Leap , the still-in-stealth-mode company developing an augmented-reality headset, announced that it has raised $502 million in Series D equity funding , led by Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings. This came as a confirmation of a last week when Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz cryptically promised “ fun and cool stuff ” from this secretive augmented reality startup.
AWE Blog
JANUARY 22, 2019
Source: Magic Leap. In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Meta sale, Facebook AR glasses and Magic Leap mobile AR. Finally, a job posting by Magic Leap suggests that the AR headset maker is looking to expand into mobile AR. ISS Astronauts Use Magic Leap One to Prepare for Next Mission ( Next Reality ).
VRWorld
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Secretive augmented-reality start-up Magic Leap is partnering with online comic book publisher Madefire to deliver mixed reality comics to Magic Leap’s devices when they launch. ” Madefire already has VR apps for the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR, but Magic Leap advisor Andy Lanning has revealed a couple of key differences at the con. The post Magic Leap and Madefire delivering VR Comic appeared first on VR World.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Macrumors reported yesterday that the company have recruited two new team member, Zeyu Li from Magic Leap and Yury Petrov from Oculus. The post Apple CEO: VR Has “Lower Commercial Interest” than AR, New Hires from Magic Leap & Oculus appeared first on Road to VR.
VRWorld
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Magic Leap , the still-in-stealth-mode company developing an augmented-reality headset, announced that it has raised $502 million in Series D equity funding, led by Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings.
AWE Blog
AUGUST 13, 2018
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Magic Leap One launches, a look at the first Magic Leap apps and a sneak peek of the depth sensing capabilities of HoloLens 2.
VRWorld
APRIL 28, 2017
Since Magic Leap’s inception in 2011, there has been great innovation in the technology sector focused in the virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) space with Magic Leap trying to create a new hardware interface designs. Enter Magic Leap.
VRWorld
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Magic Leap Inc. , As stated, they are thinking of taking part in a new financing round of more than $500 million, bringing Magic Leap valuation close to $6 billion. Magic Leap’s last financing round, led by Alibaba , valued the company at $4.5
VRWorld
JULY 15, 2016
To bring the matters home to the readers of this website, graphene battery technology is one of key technologies we need for headsets such as Google Glass 2, which is currently being developed in conjunction with Luxottica , or a more recent development, Magic Leap prototype augmented reality glass.
The Ghost Howls
JANUARY 2, 2019
Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Magic Leap.
Road to VR
MARCH 21, 2018
We go hands-on with Budget Cuts, Google presents ARCore and Maps API-enabled apps, Squanch Games’ Daydream exclusive title announced, and Magic Leap talks about developing games for a spatial computing platform. Google highlights 4 ARCore apps. Image courtesy Google.
Tech Trends VR
AUGUST 8, 2018
Magic Leap finally materializes into a product some of us can actually buy, yet the real test will be whether developers take the bait. There’s only so much “we know something you don’t know” you can take before it starts to become annoying, but Magic Leap simply would not take a hint.
UploadVR
JULY 17, 2016
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VR Game Critic
MAY 27, 2016
Artificial reality startup Magic Leap is accusing two Silicon Valley employees of stealing the closely guarded secrets that make its technological tricks work.
Infinityleap
MAY 11, 2016
Recently, the US-based augmented reality startup Magic Leap has come up with a video, which talks about your morning routines provided the fact that you are living in its mixed reality future. God Knows, how exactly is Magic Leap impressing these investors.
UploadVR
SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
A bigger, more expansive app is on the way, but a taster experience launched on Google Cardboard this week, giving us our first peek at new minigames in which we play as Batman, The Flash, Wonder Woman and more. Magic Leap Gets A Rumored Price And Release Window. We still feel no closer to learning solid facts about the Magic Leap AR headset than we did when it was announced years ago, but an interesting new report suggests we may be finding out something very, very soon.
AWE Blog
JULY 29, 2018
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Magic Leap’s Lumin OS, Lowe’s sees ROI with VR and the enterprise is ready for MR. Magic Leap updated its developer documentation which provided some new details and imagery on the company’s Lumin operating system. Google unveils new virtual reality experience at SIGGRAPH 2018 ( Phys.org ).
AWE Blog
AUGUST 6, 2018
In addition to keeping you up-to-date on the top AR+VR news, funding activity, and launch announcements, here are there three stories you need to know: Magic Leap One’s FOV, HTC Vive still most popular with devs, and new Apple AR patents. Some hidden text in Magic Leap’s developer website code revealed that the field of view for the upcoming Magic Leap One will be 40 degrees horizontal by 30 degrees vertical, with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
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