Road to VR
MAY 22, 2023
A report from the Financial Times maintains Meta is currently in talks with AR headset creator Magic Leap to strike a multiyear deal, which could include intellectual property licensing and contract manufacturing of AR headsets in North America. Its majority stakeholder is Saudi Arabia’s state-owned sovereign wealth fund.
Upload VR
MAY 30, 2024
Magic Leap has entered a "multi-faceted, strategic technology partnership" with Google. The companies say the partnership will combine Magic Leap's "leadership in optics and manufacturing" with Google's "technology platforms". Google was an initial investor in Magic Leap, leading a $542 million funding round back in 2014.
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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
JANUARY 3, 2023
To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The augmented reality (AR) headset manufacturer gained $450 million from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). A 16GB computing pack.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JULY 13, 2022
Magic Leap has announced on Tuesday the release window for its sophomore augmented reality (AR) headset. The firm is making the Magic Leap 2 product commercially available on September 30 this year. Magic Leap will also debut the device in Japan and Singapore later this year.
Road to VR
JANUARY 6, 2023
Magic Leap, the storied unicorn developing enterprise AR headsets, announced at CES 2023 that its flagship device Magic Leap 2 earned a certification that clears it for use in the operating room. It has since released Magic Leap 2 , which is largely targeted at enterprise.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
The Future of Magic Leap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed Magic Leap’s CEO in October 2023, the company has since focused on its enterprise roadmap for 2024; targeting its XR devices towards enterprise and industrial clients. Magic Leap started to understand that these walled gardens are not their future.
The Ghost Howls
JANUARY 22, 2024
But we still learned something new, like the fact that there are 3 possible storage options (from 128GB to 1TB), that it has 16GB RAM, and that it uses the M2 chipset with 10 GPU cores. On the software side, it supports AirPlay , so you can make other people see what you are doing in the headset if you want.
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