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The Apple Effect: Magic Leap Founder’s Previous Company Launches App on Vision Pro

Apple’s significant impact on the market tends to draw attention from companies that might not have otherwise entered a specific product category—aka “The Apple Effect.” With the entrance of Apple Vision Pro, one such entity to follow suit is Stryker’s Mako, a robotic surgery group initially founded as a standalone company by Rony Abovitz, the […]

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Peggy Johnson interview: How Magic Leap is getting traction with its enterprise pivot

Peggy Johnson, the new CEO of Magic Leap, is encouraged at how Magic Leap is gaining traction with its enterprise pivot. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

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The DeanBeat: Our 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem

Our GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse gave us a 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem as its being built. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

Magic Leap Founder Rony Abovitz Unveils New Startup to Build Virtual Humans
Rony Abovitz, founder of Magic Leap, is starting on a new path after his departure as CEO of the well-funded augmented reality company last year. Abovitz just unveiled his next project, a startup called Sun and Thunder, which aims to build what he calls “synthetic beings.” Founded late last year, Abovitz says the company’s first […]

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Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz creates startup Sun and Thunder to build synthetic beings

Rony Abovitz has started a new company called Sun and Thunder to focus on AI characters and interactive storytelling. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith, Geoff Keighley, Siobhan Reddy to light up GamesBeat metaverse event

VB EVENT: We have a multiverse of speakers coming to our metaverse event, GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse. A couple of our latest speakers include Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith, CEO of R. Talsorian Games; Geoff Keighley, creator of The Game Awards; Siobhan Reddy, head of Dreams creator Media Molecule; and Richard Bartle, a pioneering researcher on AI […]

AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

Magic Leap names ex-Microsoft EVP Peggy Johnson as CEO

The struggling AR platform maker has named a new CEO, effective August 1, who may be able to reverse Magic Leap’s currently sinking fortunes. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz

Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is stepping down

Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz confirmed he has raised a new round of funding, and he also said that he will step down as the CEO. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi