Whale Surprise Jumps into a Gym in Mixed Reality (Exciting) by Magic Leap

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Cites dmix · 2019-06 · on “Magic Leap Says Ex-Engineer Copied Headset for China”

Summary of the evidence presented in the complaint: 1) Using the same proprietary font in their logo was a really dumb idea: > [LINK] 2) Alleges he engaged in internal meetings "outside the scope of his work at Magic Leap" in order to gain useful information, while simultaneously neglecting his duties at work as he planned to start his own company in China. Before launching a product that looks and functions very similar to the Magic Leap product within a 2yr timespan (quitting in mid-2016, started in 2017, launched in 2019) while Magic Leap has been at it since 2010. 3) Their primary evidence seems to be some useless "Private Information" confidentiality form we all sign 4) The other is som

Critical telltruth · 2018-08 · on “Magic Leap One now available for $2295”

Oh... that's not even their piece de resistance. Watch this one: [this video] These folks lied straight on face of everyone like there was no tomorrow.

Critical raesene9 · 2021-10 · on “My first year at Magic Leap and the opportunity ahead”

I was careful to say "product claims" and not products. I don't doubt AR is possible, but that the claims Magic Leap made in their early demonstrations were not realistic. I was thinking of the early demonstrations they had, where the lighting and occlusion just didn't seem plausible (e.g. the infamous whale demo [this video] ). These early demos were called out by skeptics as being not plausible ( [LINK] or [LINK] ) Is AR possible, sure, but it has restrictions and when Magic Leap's product hit the market those restrictions were obvious.