Google hired 100+ staffers of Magic Leap as contractors to assist with Google's work on its new Android XR OS, raising questions about the future of Magic Leap
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information :
Google unveils Android XR, a mixed reality OS for headsets and smart glasses, with Gemini built in, and plans a 2025 debut with Samsung's Project Moohan headset
I'm way more excited about Android XR in smart glasses Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Data Sheet: We don't judge Rebekah Carter / XR Today : Microsoft XR and Windows Mixed Reality: Could the HoloLens Make a...
Florida-based SynthBee, started by Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz to build a new kind of computing intelligence platform, raised a $20M seed led by Crosspoint
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Meta unveils an Orion prototype, its first AR glasses, with a 70-degree FoV, a wireless neural input wristband, silicon carbide lenses, and micro-LED projectors
they could put the iPhone on notice Peter Kafka / Business Insider : I tried out Meta's Orion computer glasses. I'd buy them in a heartbeat — if they were actually for sale. Jon Keegan / Sherwood News...
UK filings: since 2023, Saudi Arabia's PIF has put $750M into Magic Leap, including $160M so far in 2024; Magic Leap says it needs to raise more by next month
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg :
Sources: Magic Leap cut ~75 jobs, including its entire sales and marketing units, and told staffers it's pivoting from selling headsets to licensing its tech
Bloomberg :
Google and Magic Leap partner to work on building immersive experiences that blend the physical and digital worlds, but offer few details
Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and augmented reality startup Magic Leap are forming a strategic technology partnership and working on building immersive experiences …
A profile of Oregon-based Agility Robotics, which tests its humanoid robots in Amazon's warehouses and has named former Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson as its CEO
Matt Day / Bloomberg :
Humane's Ai Pin seems like a bizarre cross between Google Glass and a pager, the lack of apps feels extremely limiting, and the $699 price is hard to understand
The Humane AI pin has no screen, no apps, and a creepy in-your-face camera. — Not since Magic Leap has a “next-generation” …
Magic Leap names Bain Capital tech executive Ross Rosenberg as CEO, starting on November 1, replacing Peggy Johnson, who joined from Microsoft in August 2020
Jessica Nix / Bloomberg : Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social Bluesky: Scary Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk.bsky.social : Does that say IP fire sale to anyone else? [embedded post]