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The Apple Effect: Magic Leap Founder’s Previous Company Launches App on Vision Pro

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.” With the entrance of Apple Vision Pro, one such entity to follow suit is Stryker’s Mako , a robotic surgery group initially founded as a standalone company by Rony Abovitz, the founder and first CEO of AR unicorn Magic Leap.

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Magic Leap 2 Now Supports OpenXR, Strengthening Industry Against Potential Apple Upheaval

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Though delayed from its commitment last year, Magic Leap today announced that ML2 now fully supports OpenXR. Magic Leap had planned to deliver OpenXR support for its ML2 headset last year, but it was seemingly delayed until now. Today the company announced that Magic Leap 2 is conformant with OpenXR. .

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Magic Leap Commits to OpenXR & WebXR Support Later This Year on ML2

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In an ongoing shift away from a somewhat proprietary development environment on its first headset, Magic Leap has committed to bringing OpenXR support to its Magic Leap 2 headset later this year. Although Magic Leap 2 is clearly the successor to Magic Leap 1, the goal of the headsets are quite different.

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Magic Leap Opens Programs To Extend Support To Developers

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Magic Leap is giving developers access to additional hardware, funding, enterprise customers, and support. Magic Leap understands that the future of AR means empowering creators with the right tools to explore ideas that will push the technology further into the arms of consumers.

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Magic Leap 2 Starting Price Positioned Slightly Less Than HoloLens 2, Release Date Set for September

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Magic Leap today announced pricing and release date details for the company’s latest AR headset, Magic Leap 2. Magic Leap 2 Release Date and Price. Magic Leap 2 is finally set to officially launch on September 30th, 2022. Magic Leap 2 Developer Pro. Magic Leap 2 Specs.

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Magic Leap Reportedly Exploring The Possibility Of $10 Billion Sale

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Magic Leap is reportedly working closely with a financial advisor on exploring options to keep the doors of the AR startup open. If sold, Magic Leap could potentially receive more than $10 billion according to an unidentified source. This did little to discourage Magic Leap, however.

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Report: Magic Leap Ships First Wave of Headsets to Small Group of Partners

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Magic Leap, the mysterious augmented reality headset company, has apparently begun shipping its first wave of Magic Leap One AR systems to partners in limited numbers. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg reports a small group of unnamed software developers recently received test units.