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Magic Leap Lifts the Curtains (A Little) (theverge.com)
Magic Leap just announced a preview of its software development kit and "creator portal," which will offer resources for people who want to build for its yet-unreleased Magic Leap One headset. You can now download a preview build of the Unreal or Unity engines, designed for what Magic Leap dubs "spatial computing." This is one of Magic Leap's juiciest announcements, marking one of the secretive company's first steps toward establishing itself as an open platform. It also may be a sign that the company is finally close to releasing hardware. The Verge reports: The creator portal touts a set of tutorials, a community for technical support, and a "Magic Leap Simulator" that will presumably help people preview apps before they get a headset. The Magic Leap One was announced late last year, and it's supposed to be released this year, but we still don't know details about the exact date or pricing. The portal says that a marketplace called "Magic Leap World" will launch soon.
These guys totally missed out. VR was so 2016. We have moved on to Blockchain and AI. Sorry, but no IPO for you!
Because that is some ugly junk.
Is Gen. Mattis on this board, too?
Everyone knows by now - goggles are for doctors and medics to check your anus in 3D.
$4B technology a bit expensive, but what the hell, Oculus is even more useless for more $$.
I'll believe Magic Leap is actually going to release a product when Duke Nukem Forever comes out.
According to the media, Assault Rifle.
Anyone who can't see that Atomic powered Rocketships are going to have an enormous impact is A (fuqn) Retard.
Fix'd, as best it can be.
"Ban AR save the kiddies"
Nukes are way better anyhow.
Either way, their SDK says it has "C" APIs. What is this, 1995? We all use Rust and Go now.
How can some random AR definition help make me "something better"?
First of all, the definition provided isn't random; it is the most context-appropriate definition given that the article we are discussing is about Magic Leap's headset, which is an Augmented Reality device.
But, more importantly....
In your post you revealed your ignorance of a topic that has been of much recent interest in technology-centered communities (including Slashdot), and further you used very base and vulgar speech to do so.
This is all perfectly allowed, of course, but it reveals something about the kind of person you are. Specifically, someone who does not go out of his way to self-educate, and someone who is stuck in a mindset of ignorance and immaturity.
My guess is that you spend quite a lot of your free time in the simple pursuit of base desires (video games, porn, etc). I could be wrong about this, but it would fit the pattern suggested by your post. Such a lifestyle will forever keep your mind trapped in a low, near-animal state, in which you will never achieve your full intellectual potential.
Because of this, you will never make as much money as you could have, never experience refined art or intellectual intrigue, and never love in a truly meaningful and lasting way.
All of these problems are curable. You simply have to self-motivate to reach higher. You are surrounded by free educational resources (like, you know, the public library, or your school if you are still in school, Kahn university online, to name a few). You can simply jump in. Providing yourself with ongoing intellectual challenge in a diverse range of topics will engage your neurons in novel ways, increasing the raw power of your brain while filling it with a wealth of content that will bring intrigue and profit.
So, that's what I was actually getting at.
Learn what AR is, how different it is compared to VR and then get your head out of your ass.
....actually give a shit about either in the first place. Bad assumption on your part.
How much did Magic Leap pay you to publish this?
Magic Leap Sucks it Colleagues and staff dry.
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/...
http://www.businessinsider.com...
https://variety.com/2016/digit...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/...
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/1...
magic leap a place where professionals go to die.
And Magic Will will suck them Dry like a vampire, extinguishing all hope, value, self worth,and life force.
Fuck you, shitty smelly hindu-chimp. First, pull your shitty hindustan out medieval stoneage, then you'll earn right to talk to a superior being.
In the Silicon Valley microcosm, most likely, in the real world, not so much.
I'm really not seeing this taking off the way they seem to think it's going to take off. AR? Phones evolved to handle that well enough during MLs 5+ year stealth period. VR? See PS VR and Oculus, oh, and you can buy those today. This is an ugly set of goggles (Google Glass are quite nice looking by comparison, which is a really hard thing to say) paired with a Sony Discman sized (look it up) belt PC and hand controller. The pipe dream of replacing mobile phones, TVs, and movie theaters? No, that's not gonna happen, not with that form factor, absolutely no way. I think they'll be lucky to sell a million of these at $500 a pop. This is in no way, shape, or form a mass market product.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws-Plato
C & C++ is still very much in use... even Delphi is still used ... the classics never die
You must be a real hit at parties. Hit in the balls.
So, rendering from two slightly different view points?
Microsoft already has AR pinned down. If Magic Leap can do it cheaper, fine, but I can't see it happening. They need to get at LEAST hololens quality and deliver it under $1000 a unit to be viable.
Having just tried a Hololens unit, I'm not even sure they are ready for enthusiasts anyways. I see some business uses, but the FOV is too limited for immersion.
I'm confused. Are you saying there's a new "head out your ass" AR program? The VR version wasn't so good, but the AR version would probably be too good, like "Monkeys Flying Out of Your Ass while riding a Segue and wearing Google Glass" -- so cutting edge.
The projection is strong with this one. Having family issues, no?
No linux SDK support unfortunately
Weta Workshop not Weta Digital.
Yet no mention of the required backpack http://www.businessinsider.com...
I'm stuck on signing up to see what it is. For some reason, they REQUIRE my birthdate, which made me lose interest. It seems like a Cambridge Analytics developer info gathering service. They may have a legitimate reason for requesting this info, but it wasn't stated anywhere readable. So they don't get my email or my developer attention.
According to half-assed pedants, it'll be "ArmaLite Rifle" if they're talking in the context of AR15 pattern weapons... the real pedants will note that it probably just means ArmaLite (evidence for this includes the AR-17, which was a shotgun). The vast bulk of us hopefully don't care too much, one way or the other.
This isn't VR. This is AR.
You mean like Google Glass? Man, that's so 2014.
Magic Leap cant even get their own launch Right.. Magic Leap wil not see an IPO, they have other plans.. /. take responsibility for the stupid J-bird-ass crap they publish.. This is an outrage. I hope people are able to see this posting and having it strike a chord of decency. Slashdot, this has got to be a HUGE LOW for you and your publication..
Ridiculous spending, horrible management, Rife with litigation/lawsuits, sexism, poor business practices, and poor treatment of most.
Magic Leap is a place for professionals to go and die..
Looking at the issues encountered by the public, why is this posting still up? Did Magic Leap pay alot for this publication?
After all the posting about the NAZI stuff, Why Slashdot do you still promote this "hate speech", " has Magic Leap paid enough to clear your conscience about the Hateful Anti-Jewish, crap your promoting?" When will
In the original days, This shit would have never made it to publication..
I agree, This is Horrible..
How this can escalate to a Jewish Hate conversation, is beyond me..
Whom ever beau or the editor in charge, Please pull this..It's inflamatory, and I am offended..
take responsibility for the Crap mess you have allowed to snow-ball..