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Re: Magic Leap One

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Post by sigstoat »

yohann305 wrote: post #137
jbergstroem wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Speaking of good demos, I thought this demo-ish from the Starbreeze "AR/VR" was stack pretty cool": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x32FHiJJyhQ Not sure how how wide their product will spread though.. [disclaimer: I own shares in the company]

Any recommendation on how a common mortal could invest in ML?

invest in their known publicly-traded investors (google. others?). figure out who manufactures the more expensive pieces of silicon (or optics?) in the device, invest in them.

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Post by ctdonath »

scandox wrote: post #9

This is going to sound super dumb and I haven't been following AR / VR at all...but I thought Magic Leap were creating AR technology that worked _without Goggles_? As in projected visible light that I could see with my naked eye? Am I mad?

I soon realized you'd have to be looking through something for this. You wouldn't be looking at something a la VR (pair of 2D displays with shortened focal length), it would add something to existing light but do so close to your eye. Early demo videos (actual product, not just faked-up CGI) tried to downplay the "through something" but still indicated it was.

We're not going to have tables projecting images into the air above & being seen from the side, any time soon. (Though I do have a crazy idea about making that work...)

Re: Magic Leap One

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Post by chasing »

bhouston wrote: post #199
chasing wrote: post #166

The old demo videos from a year or two ago showed that the Magic Leap could not do opaque black. Black = transparent on their clear screens. If that's still the case, then every single example image on their site is a misrepresentation. They all show black and indicate the Magic Leap can do opacity. I call bullshit until I see that they've solved that problem.

Just put a backing LCD in the line of sight so it can darken. And project on top of that. I think it is possible to solve.

Well, Magic Leap have given no indication that they have solved that problem.

Re: Magic Leap One

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Post by deft »

I said they would have to be changing the world to be getting all this investor support. This does not change the world. Not even close.

Re: Magic Leap One

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Post by cryptoz »

applecrazy wrote: post #131
jonknee wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To showcase it they'd need actual working hardware instead of 3D renders...

I mean, if the theory that they’ve faked everything so far is true, then it could be possible for them to fake a demo.

There is absolute hard evidence that they have faked videos that do not represent the reality of their product. They have a video where they show 100 people watching the Magic Leap effects without wearing any googles. With today's announcement that video is a very clear fake without any attempt to make it resemble a final or even in-development product.

Their videos are fake and do not show what they are building. The product might be neat, I don't know. We do know that they lie in their videos to get attention.

I have been an avid Magic Leap supporter for years. I told everyone I know about them and showed all my friends their videos. I've been gushing about them for years. All based on a lie. All my love and attention for them has been because they told us they were building a system for you to have AR without goggles. LIES. ALL LIES.

Boycott Magic Leap for life.

Re: Magic Leap One

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Post by Kiro »

scroot wrote: post #111
jolesf wrote: post #31

I can't not think about this Hyper-Reality video when AR advances are announced. https://vimeo.com/166807261

Hard to fathom why everyone is optimistic about this. Hasn't recent history overwhelmingly demonstrated that adding AR tech to out current culture will result in exactly the situation from the video?

The video is exactly how I want the future to be. 100% wired in.

Re: Magic Leap One

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Post by rocky1138 »

evo_9 wrote: post #79

So is it still 1500 bucks? And I guess they don't remember Trip Hawkins overpriced bid at entertainment dominance, the 3DO? Cause this thing has a the whiff of 3DO all over it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_3DO_Company

Say what you will, but Trip shipped a product. This thing isn't even in the same league yet.

Re: Magic Leap One

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Post by the_rosentotter »

salmonfamine wrote: post #158
oliviergg wrote: post #145

Did you notice that the only visible book is 'Snow Crash' From Stephenson ? Some hidden message ?

I believe that Stephenson is currently employed by Magic Leap, weirdly enough.

Makes sense. One of the ways well-known authors make money is by selling bogus endorsements. Basically just giving someone the right to quote them that they like their product. I doubt Stephenson's "employment" with Magic Leap goes much deeper than that.

Re: Magic Leap One

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Post by phyller »

make3 wrote: post #170
joshstrange wrote: post #140

The first headset to give me virtual monitors that I can use day-to-day in lieu of my physical monitors will have my money in a heartbeat. I'd love to be able to carry a headset to/from work and have essentially the same multi-display experience at home/coffee shop/work/etc. I don't care if it's VR/AR.

doesn't that already exist for VR?

Please tell me where I can send my money. I've heard of this, but at really low resolutions which I don't think would work well. Is there any existing VR solution that would be able to show an HD display?
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