Tested: Magic Leap One Augmented Reality Review!
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as an in-depth independent review that tempers expectations and adds technical detail beyond Magic Leap's own materials.
What it is
Adam Savage's Tested spends a week with the Magic Leap One developer kit. They dig into the hardware, display technology, user experience and launch apps.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2018 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Recommends reggieband · 2018-08 · on “Magic Leap One Teardown”
Worth watching Tested's review on youtube [this video] I was expecting typical astroturfing and there is a bit of that. But they are also tempering expectations.
Recommends Ajedi32 · 2018-08 · on “Magic Leap One now available for $2295”
Not many technical details from Magic Leap themselves, unfortunately. I'd recommend you check out the [Tested review][1] and [iFixit teardown][2]. [1]: [this video] [2]: [LINK]
Recommends AndrewKemendo · 2019-12 · on “Dented Reality: Magic Leap Sees Slow Sales, Steep Losses”
There are plenty of independent videos available. Here's Tested's in-depth review from last year: [this video]
Cites shasheene · 2019-06 · on “Magic Leap Says Ex-Engineer Copied Headset for China”
The article reports on the lawsuit, but is light on details about the headset. Tested recently did a 10 minute review on this headset, the 'Nreal Light' [1] [LINK] Regardless of the merits of the lawsuit, I can see why Magic Leap would be scared. The AR glasses looks great. They're certainly stylish enough for the mass-market -- they look like normal glasses at first glance, they're quite reasonably priced (at $500), and run from a regular Android phones via USB-C (for power, as well as sensor and video data). For reference, here's the Tested review for current Magic Leap product, the Magic Leap One Creator Edition: [this video] . It retails for $2295. Though it comes with controllers, eye-tracki