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Re:My first year at Magic Leap and the opportunity ahead by phonon on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @09:24AM (#28839328)
The demo he refers to was not (and could never be) an actual commercial product. It was stationary and the optics were 100x what could fit on a mobile device. What they eventually shipped had very little to do with the tech used in the private demo.

Turns out optical physics is not like software...

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Re:My first year at Magic Leap and the opportunity ahead by shmatt on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:19AM (#28839995)
Which makes another tweet of his even weirder. Someone questioned the plausibility of making that demo mobile

>it’s perfectly clear. Just not public.

https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/656667935205797888

The only difference between 2015 ML and Theranos is that faking tech in healthcare is just a lot more illegal.

If they promised investors there was a definite plan the demo becomes a real product, and knew thats a lie, could they sue?

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Re:My first year at Magic Leap and the opportunity ahead by phonon on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @08:45PM (#28846911)
I'm sure the VC with an MA in History asked the correct probing questions.

"Will you be scaling this down to mobile size/weight?"

"Yes."

Well, all done then...

Sure they could sue. And ruin the company, which already spent the money. Better to let it ride, at a minimum.

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