Startup Magic Leap Hires Sci-Fi Writer Neal Stephenson As Chief Futurist

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @12:36PM from the planning-for-the-future dept.

First time accepted submitter giulioprisco writes Magic Leap, a secretive Florida augmented reality startup that raised $542 million in October, hired renowned science fiction writer Neal Stephenson as its "Chief Futurist." Stephenson offers hints at the company's technology and philosophy: "Magic Leap is bringing physics, biology, code, and design together to build a system that is going to blow doors open for people who create things." According to the Magic Leap website, their Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal technology permits generating images indistinguishable from real objects.

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I believe it! by QilessQi · 2014-12-17 14:16 · Score: 3, Insightful

According to the Magic Leap website, their Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal technology permits generating images indistinguishable from real objects.
...provided the real objects are themselves images. Look! That simulated JPEG looks exactly like a real JPEG!

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Jobs Lives by saccade.com · 2014-12-17 14:55 · Score: 2, Insightful

Wow, $0.5B of investment without even showing a product? It sounds like they've perfected the Reality Distortion Field.
Re:A pity by Darinbob · 2014-12-17 15:36 · Score: 4, Insightful

He's smart enough to accept money for a minor bit of marketing.