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The future is here. Or so would the many VR projects of late make us want to believe. But there's one particular, ultra-secretive, heavily wrapped and very ambitious project that might actually make this statement more real and tangible, or visual in that sense. Yes, I'm talking about the Florida-based startup, Magic Leap that has amassed more than a billion dollars in investment, without even having a dev kits. Today, we have a bit more information concerning said project

Wired's Kevin Kelly has had exclusive access to the headset (it exists!) and has posted a detailed article about his experience. Give it a read from the source below! He effectively describes it as mixed reality and further adds that "its reality is stronger than I thought possible". Here's an excerpt:

I saw other things with these magical goggles. I saw human-sized robots walk through the actual walls of the room. I could shoot them with power blasts from a prop gun I really held in my hands. I watched miniature humans wrestle each other on a real tabletop, almost like a Star Wars holographic chess game. These tiny people were obviously not real, despite their photographic realism, but they were really present—in a way that didn’t seem to reside in my eyes alone; I almost felt their presence.

And just today, Magic Leap has released a new video showing off actual footage of the device's possibilities. Note the footnote in the video: "Shot directly through Magic Leap technology on April 8, 2016. No additional effects or compositing were used in the creation of this video (except for this text)".

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The team has already teased the gaming possibilities with the Magic Leap before. When will we be able to try it or at least get more news about their device, who knows? What are your thoughts and expectations about Magic Leap, tempers?

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[Deleted member 370671]

Maybe the NX will be something similar to this

 

[loco365]

If this is actual direct footage, I'm absolutely blown away. This is the kind of stuff you see on TV, and it's coming closer and closer to everyday use.

I would actually buy one of these if the price was right.

 

[Prans]

Maybe the NX will be something similar to this

Plot twist: Magic Leap is the NX. (Ninty pulling a Kojima on us )

 

[BurningDesire]

I. AM. Ironman.

Seriously this is Tony stark level

 

[nintendarium]

i hope you die in 2016 by a cancer

 

[The Real Jdbye]

gaming on AR environments has always the same problem ... made the room "alive" , as long is only projecting the game in the "air" there is no advantage on a VR headset...

When the game can recognize what is in the room and use that for gameplay purposes then AR is adding something new ...

in other environments i can see these googles getting an enourmous potential .
but as for gaming the need really some "magic" to be compelling ...

According to the source, it does do that. I think it looks very promising. I'm not too impressed by what I've seen of Hololens but this seems like it's a big improvement over that.

 

[jimmyleen]

If this is actual direct footage, I'm absolutely blown away. This is the kind of stuff you see on TV, and it's coming closer and closer to everyday use.

I would actually buy one of these if the price was right.

Is five million dollars good enough for you? lol

 

[pastaconsumer]

This looks amazing! My wallet is crying though...

 

[jimmyleen]

This looks amazing! My wallet is crying though...

Your wallet can't hold the amount of money this will cost, that I am certain of.

 

[Deleted member 370671]

The [insertProductNameHere] costs only 4999$, excluding shipping fees! The future is at your door!*

*The computer needed to use [productNameHere] is not included. Minimum requirements: Intel core i7 8 core 4.3GHz, GTX Titan Z SLI, 32GB RAM.

 

[Droyd]

All this Magic Leap thing seems like a big troll, this is way too elaborate for a private project.

 

[cyb0rg]

If this is actual direct footage, I'm absolutely blown away. This is the kind of stuff you see on TV, and it's coming closer and closer to everyday use.

I would actually buy one of these if the price was right.

Microsoft HoloLens - Transform your world with holograms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA


Microsoft shows Hololens Simulation at Build 2015

 

[jimmyleen]

All this Magic Leap thing seems like a big troll, this is way too elaborate for a private project.

I am starting to look at it like this, if bill gates is not a investor I will not buy it.

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Microsoft HoloLens - Transform your world with holograms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA


Microsoft shows Hololens Simulation at Build 2015

Yeah well the hololens is nothing more than pure shit.

 

[Deboog]

It's cute, but if that thing is as bulky as any of the headsets I've used it will be uncomfortable to wear for more than 5 mins. Also, what's wrong with my screen? Why would I need data floating on my wall? If I wanted that I would get a projector. Imho all this vr and ar stuff is a passing fad.

 

[Noctosphere]

There's ton of game that would be awesome on this shit : Nintendogs, coocking mama, Harry Potter : Sorcerers Duel,

Imagine this, you have your wand in your hand, and deppending on how you move it, there are lightning of different color comming out from it

 

[Arras]

Microsoft HoloLens - Transform your world with holograms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA


Microsoft shows Hololens Simulation at Build 2015

The first video is on the same level as prerendered non-gameplay trailers. Pure hype material and nothing more. The second one is a tiny bit better, but still doesn't show the problems with the device (most importantly, the FOV is pretty garbage).

 

[Yil]

Are you sure this is not something used for people with 0 spiritual skill to observe astral plane?
Edit:
This is a joke and also I thought it was extremely realistic. If you are seeing things and has never been trained spiritually I suggest you get some help.
Also this might be as pricy as hololens.

 

[osaka35]

Are you sure this is not something used for people with 0 spiritual skill to observe astral plane?
Edit:
This is a joke and also I thought it was extremely realistic. If you are seeing things and has never been trained spiritually I suggest you get some help.
Also this might be as pricy as hololens.

I'll have you know that I've been trained to a lvl78 cleric, and I still don't see things.

 

[KingVamp]

It's cute, but if that thing is as bulky as any of the headsets I've used it will be uncomfortable to wear for more than 5 mins. Also, what's wrong with my screen? Why would I need data floating on my wall? If I wanted that I would get a projector. Imho all this vr and ar stuff is a passing fad.

Imho, that's incredibly shortsighted. Except maybe (maybe!) the family room, eventually VR and especially AR can replace every screen in your house and still remain more portable than your projector and TV.