Magic Leap decloaks (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

Consider me intrigued, but implementation details matter....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPMHcanq0xM&feature=youtu.be

 

[DaveF]

No way it's real. It screams SFX demo. It's dismaying the way the tech press is uncritically hyping this.

 

[Sam Posten]

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from hype, er magic.

 

[Sam Posten]

Big PR blitz today. Still no end user product calendar in sight.
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/magic-leap-vr/

 

[Sam Posten]

IT'S REAL. And it cost $2B
https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel...ing-magic-leaps-mixed-reality-goggles-w514479

 

[Sam Posten]

https://www.magicleap.com/?utm_source=reveal&utm_medium=TW&utm_campaign=WTDO

 

[Sam Posten]

News tonight at 6:45 eastern

 

[DaveF]

And to my understanding, the news was that MagicLeap is still vaporware?

 

[Edwin-S]

And to my understanding, the news was that MagicLeap is still vaporware?

Pretty well. Hype and hot air. An infomercial masquerading as an interview but with no actual product to demonstrate. Assuming it is real, I can't parse how the failure of 3D TV was chalked up to people not wanting to wear glasses for an hour or two but suddenly people will want to wear clunky headgear like this and be tethered to a computer.

 

[DaveF]

Vaporware that’s gotten nearly $2B in investor money!

 

[Edwin-S]

Vaporware that’s gotten nearly $2B in investor money!

Seems to be a thing with "investors". They are in the mood to watch their money vanish on ideas like this and Movie Pass.

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[DaveF]

Three years on...this is the longest "decloak"!

 

[DaveF]

Over promise, under deliver.
You keep being you, Magic Leap.
http://digg.com/2018/magic-leap-demo-video

 

[Sam Posten]

Booo I say

 

[Sam Posten]

Meh
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/27/m...ixed-reality-operating-system-will-look-like/

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[Sam Posten]

Palmer Luckey is not impressed.
http://palmerluckey.com/magic-leap-is-a-tragic-heap/

 

[KeithAP]

Saw this trailer today for Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders.

-Keith

 

[Sam Posten]

https://www.reddit.com/r/magicleap/comments/asd8et/introducing_starwars_project_porg_ilmxlabs_first/