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Magic Leap appoints Microsoft exec Peggy Johnson as its new CEO
Johnson has also held a number of leadership roles at Qualcomm.
Magic Leap One: All the things we still don’t know
It's that time of year again: the special season when everybody's favorite mythical creature makes its annual appearance. That's right, it's Magic Leap hardware teaser season! Seemingly once a year, the secretive startup reveals what it's been up to, and on Wednesday it revealed renderings of its latest AR headset prototype. The company even deigned to allow a Rolling Stone reporter to take the system for a spin. But for everything that Magic Leap showed off, the demonstrations and teaser materials still raise as many questions as they answer. There's a whole lot about the Magic Leap system that we don't know, so maybe let's hold off on losing our minds about the perceived imminent AR revolution until we do.
Former employee sues Magic Leap for sex discrimination
Augmented reality startup Magic Leap is being accused of sex discrimination and creating a hostile work environment. Ironically, the company is being sued by Tannen Campbell, who was hired to make the startup's product more female friendly.
Magic Leap CEO responds to 'grumpy mouse tech blogger writers'
After yesterday's report by The Information blew away some of the smoke surrounding Magic Leap, its CEO has responded. In a series of tweets over the last day and a blog post, Rony Abovitz still didn't directly counter the article, or provide technical details on his company's upcoming product. He did say that its first "PEQ (Product Equivalent) build of our target form factor" has been completed and that it's about to begin a larger production run.
Magic Leap is a computing platform where the real world is your screen
Magic Leap, an augmented reality startup that's kept its project under wraps for over a year, has finally revealed a few more details about its mysterious technology. In an interview at WSJD Live, Magic Leap CEO and founder Rony Abovitz and Chief Content Officer Rio Caraeff has said that Magic Leap is essentially a computing platform where the real world is your screen. "Anything that you can do on your smartphone, on your computer; you'll be able to do on Magic Leap," said Caraeff. Though he won't say what the device would be like, Abovitz said that the goal is to make the device mobile, small, light and basically something you can wear anywhere. "It'll be self-contained; a complete computer," said Abovitz. He also hinted that it'll be something that you won't be shy to wear in public and that it will maintain "normal relationships with people."
