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Re:Magic Leap reportedly slashes jobs and steps away from co... by mattw815 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @01:41PM (#22948139)
I've had the opportunity to demo their product on 3 different occasions. Each time it was a clunky interaction, stopped working in the middle of the demo, and I left thinking my kid's Playstation VR could run circles around their tech.
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Re:Magic Leap reportedly slashes jobs and steps away from co... by qppo on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @02:08PM (#22948446)
they allegedly had an insane demo for investors only, before around 2016 (at least that's when I heard of it) you needed to sign an NDA to even get in the room to see it.

The consumer product is quite lacking compared to what people said was a demonstration of game changing technology.

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Re:Magic Leap reportedly slashes jobs and steps away from co... by raverbashing on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:45PM (#22949432)
So: NDA, exclusive demo, controlled environment.

It makes it sound to me more like a Séance (with its usual implications) than anything else. Or, for an easier to understand analogy, selling a Disney ride as if it was real.

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