This comment is interesting :
> If you were investing millions into something, would you not request a personal demo where you actually see the demo for yourself, in your own time, and see how it works?
I know I would.
Magic Leap is neither magic nor leaping
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#22The article mentions a large helmet. Any pictures of it around?
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#23sometimes i get tired of all the fakeness in the world. it seems to corrupt every part of society and makes me sick thinking about it. theranos, magic leap, and a lot more. everything seems to be overhyped bs, while the only successful things are essentially avenues to cram ads down your throat and brainwash you to spend money you don't have.
I'd like to break this down a bit. Firstly, why is this so frustrating. On a practical level, it's frustrating for engineers because to operate as engineers we have to work for these companies. It's not just the fakeness, it's the bad management that comes with it. They dilute the pool of possible good companies that we could work for. They also increase the cost of doing something actually worth while. Salaries get…
a16z hasn't been too lucky with DD lately. Not just Magic Leap, I've heard that Improbable was struggling to fulfil its promises, and was being sued as a result.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd like to break this down a bit. Firstly, why is this so frustrating. On a practical level, it's frustrating for engineers because to operate as engineers we have to work for these companies. It's not just the fakeness, it's the bad management that comes with it. They dilute the pool of possible good companies that we could work for. They also increase the cost of doing something actually worth while. Salaries get…
a16z hasn't been too lucky with DD lately. Not just Magic Leap, I've heard that Improbable was struggling to fulfil its promises, and was being sued as a result.
But they've only raised 22MUSD how can we expect them to have done anything yet? ;)
Suing them seem like an odd thing to do.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
a16z hasn't been too lucky with DD lately. Not just Magic Leap, I've heard that Improbable was struggling to fulfil its promises, and was being sued as a result.
But they've only raised 22MUSD how can we expect them to have done anything yet? ;) Suing them seem like an odd thing to do.
It's not a16z suing them.
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#26The first video was known to be fake back in 2015, when they released another video that explicitly stated no visual effects were used. And my guess is the second video isn't fake, but it's using their non-miniaturized technology. This is not news. Unlike Theranos (where people's health was also at stake), if/when Magic Leap fails, their investors will lose their money and capitalism will go on - this is how things a…
The problem is that this kind of "learning" experience propagates from CEO talk to CEO talk. Making a whole branch of technology a No-Go-Zone, even if the problems that stopped it, get solved.
"We could do that, and end up like Magic-Leap.." will be the Standard slogan at every pitch.
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#27The author of this article needs to try Hololens. The technology is definitely here.
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#28Sounds like Magic Leap developed schpilkaz in their genektagazoink. The demo was like buttah. Like a big stick of buttah. I love Rony Abovitz, but he's a little ibaboodled in the kebbie. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic: Magic Leap is neither magic nor leaping. Discuss.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
But they've only raised 22MUSD how can we expect them to have done anything yet? ;) Suing them seem like an odd thing to do.
It's not a16z suing them.
I guess there's something I don't understand. I couldn't find any information about them being sued. I can't figure out who else would sue them for not meeting their targets aside from shareholders who feel they were deceived.
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#30That these guys are a bunch of snake oil merchants has been obvious from day zero. Sometimes the overwhelming stench of bullshit is a little too difficult to ignore.
What makes you think that?