Tons of New Magic Leap 2 Details Shed Light on Dynamic Dimming & More
Although it’s expected to launch this year, there’s still no firm release date on Magic Leap 2. However, the company has begun sharing details on the headset which suggests the launch is approaching. This week at the SPIE Photonics West 2022 conference, Magic Leap’s VP of Optical Engineering, Kevin Curtis, took to the stage to […]

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27. Januar 2022
HoloLens Optics Chief Joins Google Amid Reported Push for Upcoming Google AR Headset
Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. A report by The Verge maintains Google is also now gearing up to produce an AR headset that could directly compete with similar offerings from the likes […]

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21. Januar 2022
Cas & Chary Present: Hands-on with Nreal Light, One of the First Consumer-available AR Glasses
Nreal is a China-based startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses, which aim for a sunglasses-like design. By hooking it up to your (Android) phone, it’s able to project virtual objects in your real environment and even allow you to walk around with position tracking. While we’re not quite there yet, I think the Nreal […]

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8. Januar 2022
Nreal Launches $600 ‘Light’ AR Glasses in United States via Verizon
Nreal, the Chinese startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses which made a splash back at CES 2019, has now expanded to the United States, making the smartphone-tethered device available through select Verizon stores starting today. Nreal Light is a pair of AR glasses that are physically connected to a smartphone via USB Type-C to […]

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30. November 2021
Magic Leap Won’t Make a Consumer Headset but May License Tech to Someone That Will
Magic Leap just gave us the first glimpse of its Magic Leap 2 AR headset earlier this week. Despite a consumer-focused start, the company has firmly pivoted into the enterprise segment. Comments from the CEO suggest there will be no consumer headset from Magic Leap in the near-term, but the company says its open to […]

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15. Oktober 2021
CEO Shares First Details on Magic Leap 2, Announces $500 Million in New Funding
Magic Leap today announced that it has raised $500 million in new capital at a $2 billion valuation. This comes ahead of the launch of its upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap 2, which it promises will be smaller, lighter, and tuned to be an “all day” device. New Capital Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson took […]

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11. Oktober 2021
Magic Leap Teases Its Next-gen AR Headset for Enterprise
Magic Leap hasn’t come out with new hardware since it launched its seminal AR headset in 2018, Magic Leap 1. Now it seems we’re getting our first glimpse of what may very well be Magic Leap 2. Update: Magic Leap shared more news and details on Magic Leap 2 today on CNBC, see our coverage […]

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AR Glasses Creator Nreal Secures $100M Series C Financing to Expand Internationally
Chinese AR glasses startup Nreal announced it’s raised a fresh $100 million Series C financing round, something it says will be used for R&D and to fund wider international expansion. As first reported by CNBC, the latest round reportedly brings the company’s valuation to $700 million. That figure was obtained by an anonymous source with […]

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27. September 2021
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Lynx Mixed Reality Headset to Start at $500 via Kickstarter in Late September
French startup Lynx announced its Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset last year. The standalone headset, which is capable of both VR and pass-through AR, was previously said to launch for business somewhere around the $1,500 price point. Lynx previously said it was pivoting to target both enterprise and consumers however, now adding that the headset will start […]

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9. Juli 2021
Varjo Teases Its “biggest announcement ever” Coming Later This Week
Varjo, the Finland-based company making enterprise headsets with industry-leading specs, is getting ready to reveal something big on June 24th. Urho Konttori, Varjo founder and Chief Product Officer, teased that the company’s next reveal will be “so epic that it’s probably the biggest announce ever by Varjo.” Our biggest announce this year is about to […]

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22. Juni 2021