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Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by 6stringmerc » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:16 PM UTC

joezydeco wrote: post #8

Here's a peek at your future.... https://vimeo.com/166807261

Quite an intriguing take on it, thanks for sharing.

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by donpdonp » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:16 PM UTC

joncp wrote: post #6

When a headline follows the format /change(d|ing) .* forever$/. I figure it's fluff and not worth my time. Am I wrong?

I put on a Magical Leap and you won't believe what happens next!

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by truth_sentinell » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:23 PM UTC

donpdonp wrote: post #12

joncp wrote: post #6

When a headline follows the format /change(d|ing) .* forever$/. I figure it's fluff and not worth my time. Am I wrong?

I put on a Magical Leap and you won't believe what happens next!

Pun intended

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by binoct » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:24 PM UTC

simplemath wrote: post #9

debatem1 wrote: post #7

I've been hearing rumors about these guys for years and it never seems to be any more than what's in this article-- "we saw some special effects and our wallets flipped themselves out of our back pockets onto the table and began spewing money". People so often underestimate the difficulty of productizing significant UI changes, not realizing that getting content to migrate to the new shiny will be at least as hard as…

"We're going to make augmented reality everything ! Repair manuals, etc" Bullshit. You're going to model and diagram every part and repair guide from every production model vehicle ever? Magic Leap would need a software development industry unto itself to build the solutions being batted lightly about in the OP like pingpong balls

I think that having an (the) entire industry writing solutions for Magic Leap is exactly what they are envisioning. It would be a platform, i.e. Chilton would build an app for it.

Now, whether or not they are actually going to be the biggest thing in graphical interfaces since the flat screen is another question...

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by sagivo » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:26 PM UTC

Magic Leap goes against all the concepts we learned in "startup schools" - launch fast and iterate, get feedback, pivot and grow with your users etc..

they work away from the public for product they don't know if the public want. it's a bet, i hope it will pay off.

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by TY » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:28 PM UTC

Nothing really new in this article, we have read bunch of these before...

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by edblarney » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:29 PM UTC

Ok - it seems that they 'absolutely' have something bewildering, and eye-popping. There are enough 'no information' testimonials by smart people to get that.

BUT

I'm still pretty weary of billions getting pumped into a business that remains unproven.

+ Maybe development is very expensive + Maybe the goggles cost to much + Maybe they just don't have quite enough content to justify the high costs + Maybe the experience 'isn't quite there'

So many times these 'wow' toys have proven to be near-duds when they actually hit market reality.

I can't wait to try it, but I'm also looking forward to seeing the reality of it.

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by pinot » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:30 PM UTC

sagivo wrote: post #15

Magic Leap goes against all the concepts we learned in "startup schools" - launch fast and iterate, get feedback, pivot and grow with your users etc.. they work away from the public for product they don't know if the public want. it's a bet, i hope it will pay off.

More the school of Dean Kamen.

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by ubercore » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:32 PM UTC

simplemath wrote: post #9

debatem1 wrote: post #7

I've been hearing rumors about these guys for years and it never seems to be any more than what's in this article-- "we saw some special effects and our wallets flipped themselves out of our back pockets onto the table and began spewing money". People so often underestimate the difficulty of productizing significant UI changes, not realizing that getting content to migrate to the new shiny will be at least as hard as…

"We're going to make augmented reality everything ! Repair manuals, etc" Bullshit. You're going to model and diagram every part and repair guide from every production model vehicle ever? Magic Leap would need a software development industry unto itself to build the solutions being batted lightly about in the OP like pingpong balls

I'm skeptical too, but I could envision a path where this gets a lot of the work done at a tooling level. All these products will have CAD models behind them already, AutoCad and SolidWorks, et al, could introduce tooling to pump out the assets necessary for this at not-terrible levels of effort, couldn't they?

Re: Inside Magic Leap

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Post by talmand » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 5:33 PM UTC

edblarney wrote: post #17

Ok - it seems that they 'absolutely' have something bewildering, and eye-popping. There are enough 'no information' testimonials by smart people to get that. BUT I'm still pretty weary of billions getting pumped into a business that remains unproven. + Maybe development is very expensive + Maybe the goggles cost to much + Maybe they just don't have quite enough content to justify the high costs + Maybe the experience…

I remember that we were going to revamp existing cities and build new cities in accordance to this wonderful transportation device that would change everything, of which I cannot recall the name. I currently see them used as joke props in movies.