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Magic Leap Alleges Workers Stole Its Secrets

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Re: Magic Leap Alleges Workers Stole Its Secrets

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Post by pmastela »

Magic Leap's main product might be more than meets the eye. According to Quartz [1], there's probably more far-fetching tech that Magic Leap is working on that involves "deep learning techniques utilizing robotics," and Bradski's and Kaehler's termination forced their hand to divulge even the least bit of information. Maybe "artificial reality" is not a misnomer and the $4.5bn valuation is not just the AR.

[1] http://qz.com/694660/looks-like-magic-leap-is-working-on-ano...

Re: Magic Leap Alleges Workers Stole Its Secrets

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Post by bgalbraith »

rsp1984 wrote: post #7
aresant wrote: post #2

"Magic Leap filed late Thursday in federal court after the two workers, Gary Bradski and Adrian Kaehler, sued the company for wrongful termination earlier this week." Both of these guys are listed as Vice President's - Kaehler as VP Special Projects - and Bradski as VP of Advanced technology, that's no small deal. More info of the allegations in a NY Times article (1) (1) http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/05/27/bu…

This is particularly interesting since Gary Bradski is also a Co-Founder of Industrial Perception Inc., a robotics company that Google acquired in 2013. Reportedly Bradski walked away from Google right after the deal to join early Magic Leap, leaving lots of cash on the table and Google stock unvested.

Bradski is also the creator of OpenCV, an industry standard computer vision library.

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Post by errantspark »

bitewhite wrote: post #18
errantspark wrote: post #4

I'm curious to see if this will result in the general public getting some info to suggest that Magic Leap isn't vaporware.

It'a hard to believe they'd have $1.4 bn in funding without giving some tech demonstrations o their investors.

Theranos and whatever that ultrasonic charging one was both come to mind.

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Post by Q6T46nT668w6i3m »

bgalbraith wrote: post #22
rsp1984 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is particularly interesting since Gary Bradski is also a Co-Founder of Industrial Perception Inc., a robotics company that Google acquired in 2013. Reportedly Bradski walked away from Google right after the deal to join early Magic Leap, leaving lots of cash on the table and Google stock unvested.

Bradski is also the creator of OpenCV, an industry standard computer vision library.

Adrian Kaehler is also a major contributor to OpenCV.

Re: Magic Leap Alleges Workers Stole Its Secrets

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Post by skc »

The reluctance for people to be skeptical of anything to do with Magic Leap is strange to me.

How is their product not rightly described as vapor ware? I feel like I've been hearing about how amazing it is for ages and still...nothing.

Stories like this aren't helping me change my mind either.

Re: Magic Leap Alleges Workers Stole Its Secrets

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Post by gfosco »

errantspark wrote: post #4

I'm curious to see if this will result in the general public getting some info to suggest that Magic Leap isn't vaporware.

Just this week at the Twilio Signal conference they announced a partnership and that 10 devs from the Twilio community will be of the first group to build on their SDK... When asked if next year it would be more widely available, he said he would adapt a cheshire cat grin and say maybe... JeffL the CEO of Twilio said he's seen it and it is amazing. http://www.engadget.com/2016/05/25/magic-leap-partners-with-...
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