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Magic Leap Finally Demoed Its Headset And It Is 'Disappointing' (digg.com)

Posted by msmash on from the chaff-from-wheat dept.

From a story on Digg, via DaringFireball: Magic Leap, the secretive augmented reality company that has raised $2.3 billion, finally demoed its long-rumored, much-vaunted headset on Wednesday (and announced that the headset will ship this summer). It was disappointing. Magic Leap has promised big things -- remember the tiny elephant in your hands? Remember that whale jumping out of the gym floor? But the animations demonstrated on Wednesday fall short of those promises. Waaaay short. An executive with Magic Leap, which has long remained tight lipped on its roadmap and commercial availability of its products, said on a Twitch livestream this week that the Magic Leap One, a developer-geared headset, will ship this season. (Summer ends September 22, so the company has 10 weeks to meet its self-imposed deadline.)

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  1. Digg? by sproketboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is this, 2006?

    1. Re: Digg? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dude you're on slashdot still

    2. Re:Digg? by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

      No. Slashdot. It's 1998.

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      "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
  2. Shipped in Summer by orlanz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remember those three devices at the demo? Yup we shipped those. One went to our CEO. Another went to the traveling sales guy. And the engineers demanded their prototypes so we gave one back.

    All shipped. And guess which season that was in? Yup, Summer. Goal met, booya!

  3. And! And! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It can test for 99% of all life-threatening diseases from only one drop of blood! And best of all, ANYONE'S BLOOD! Doesn't even have to be yours! This is technology, people. TECHNOLOGY! PEOPLE!