But why do people think it can project dark?! I understand the dimly lit room demo video, where the ML graphics are all brighter than the environment, but how can you make dark whaleskin over light timber flooring by adding light?
Magic Leap is neither magic nor leaping
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Re: Magic Leap is neither magic nor leaping
#142The 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…
"this is how things are supposed to work." No - the information from ML boils down to falsehoods - this is not how 'capitalism' should work :) Granted, it does sometimes happen this way. More limited investment, with reasonable hype, a longer time frame might have worked better - as a lot of the $$$ spent on ML today will be on marketing, overhead, unecessary staff. Granted, even if they do go bust, they'll have made…
Company lies to sophisticated investors. They fail. Sophisticated investors who did not do proper diligence lose their money.
Yes, that's how capitalism works (technically, America's mixed market).
Now, if Magic Leap were a public company that lied to the public, yes I would be totally in favor of regulatory/civil, maybe criminal, investigations.
Re: Magic Leap is neither magic nor leaping
#143This is why I'm steering clear of AR since no one wants to show off the actual prototypes for various reasons. And frankly, I don't blame them for wanting to protect their technology but the fact remains if you can't show us a live and real demonstration of the devices in question then there can't be a product to buy because it effectively doesn't exist.
Re: Magic Leap is neither magic nor leaping
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is used by NASA and they are stupid as per your post. Where did you see the "rigged demos"? It works as shown in the demos if you even understand what it can do and do not. Your 20 minutes on hand demo never shows/teaches you any thing.
It is hardly "used" by NASA. As a conceptual study for the whole premise of AR they have tried it out in concert with Microsoft, but the project has gone entirely silent. And no, it doesn't work as shown in the demos -- it's very low resolution and has movement and 3D mapping issues. It will obviously improve, but I wouldn't be dropping thousands on a first generation unit, as it is certainly money down the toilet.
You are the first one to say it has "3D mapping issues". I can send you links with experts saying Hololens is the holy grail of 3D mapping and tracking.