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

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. A pity by gweihir · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Futurist" is the same as "clueless moron". I had hoped for Stephenson to not have lost his sanity or his insights, but apparently it is too late.

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    Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.