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Re:Magic Leap raising up to $1B in new round by godelski on Thursday October 12, 2017 @08:50PM (#15462570)
Hey, Segway has the mall cop and dorky tours cornered.
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Re:Magic Leap raising up to $1B in new round by othersideofcoin on Friday October 13, 2017 @01:31AM (#15463473)
Fun to make fun of, but what do their financials look like? Mall cop and dorky tours could be a really good market.
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Re:Magic Leap raising up to $1B in new round by jonnathanson on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:46AM (#15464263)
They're not good markets, and even if they were, they fall far short of the Segway's original goals as a mass consumer product. There is a reason Segway is often used as a cautionary tale in product circles, and as as "What not to do" case study in academia.
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Re:Magic Leap raising up to $1B in new round by godelski on Friday October 13, 2017 @10:23AM (#15465916)
I remember that they were promoting Segway as the way of the future. That it was going to change the world. They literally said that their device was going to change the world like Ford did.[1]

Fun fact: One of the original promotional videos shows cops using it.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rNw5nI_3iE

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