This is what I was thinking. That conversation probably went something like this:

“We need more money.”

“We gave you $2 billion. You’re going to have to ship something before we give you more.”

“Hmmm...we aren’t ready to ship and may not be for some time...what if instead of shipping, we can show you that 50K people are interested in buying it? Will you give us some more money then?”

“Sure, you show us that 50k people want to buy it and we will write you another check”.

So they created an email opt-in page, photoshopped some 3D renders of a product that doesn’t exist yet onto a person’s head, and did a press release calling this page an “unveiling”. That’s really all this is - a “coming soon” page for something that may or may not be vaporware. Investors are getting antsy and want some sense of what the actual market is for this thing.

To be fair, if all I have to do is give them my email address for them to get a bunch more money to make something that could either completely fail or revolutionise human computer interaction, sure, please have my email address.

They seem to be trying to bring a new thing into the world, I'm inclined to support it.

And the Rolling Stones journalist is lying of course... Guys, you are really shocking in trying to throw mud over magic leap in any way possible.

Have you seen the page? It’s literally nothing more than an email opt-in with some clearly photoshopped images of a device that doesn’t exist yet, even in mock-up form (otherwise they would have used the mock-up in the photos).

Did you read the Rolling Stones article?

$1,887,500,000 should have been enough!

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/magic-leap

... and all i got was this lousy internet site.

Just kidding, the internet site is really beautiful.

Made firefox on Android crash after spending 20 seconds loading though

Took about 10 seconds for the dude with the goggles on to come into focus on Chrome OSX, and scroll didn't work for a good 1-2 seconds after load.

I bet India can put a man on Mars for a fraction of that amount.

Maybe they are waiting to ship on the same day that Ready Player One comes out :-)

I'll join you in the Oasis.

I think it's more likely that some PM had a Q4 goal of "Launch Beta product/press" and hit that goal with what they had.

Leap doesn't have a great track record. They show really cool ideas and then deliver ok toy products.

This article is about Magic Leap, not Leap Motion.