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‘The Matrix’ Movie Effects Pioneer & Former Magic Leap Exec Reveals ‘Tragic Story’ of Startup’s Recent Struggles
Magic Leap has had a rough couple of years, highlighted by high-profile executive departures, lawsuits, troublesome patent shuffles, and massive layoffs.
Despite this, things seem to have calmed down at the augmented reality startup under Peggy Johnson, but there are still questions as to how things went awry under the old regime.
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Most former Magic Leap staff have remained tight-lipped, but now one major former executive is finally shedding some light on the situation.
Magic Leap’s former senior vice… more
Google Extends AR Search Lead Over Apple with Landmark Recognition for Google Lens
This week, Apple unveiled its own version of Google Lens in the form of Live Text.
In response, Google just hit back with a new feature for its visual search tool called Places, a new search category that can recognize landmarks and return information on them within the camera view, which Apple touted as a capability of Live Text during its WWDC keynote.
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Places for Google Lens, which is available now worldwide, uses image recognition and Google Earth’s 3D map assets to identify locations… more
Magic Leap Experiencing Yet Another Major Executive Shake-Up, Report Says
Just when everything seemed settled over at Magic Leap, it turns out that the internal tumult is still in play.
Now, just as newly minted CEO Peggy Johnson has managed to fully position herself publicly as the new leader of the struggling augmented reality startup, more executive departures have begun.
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Magic Leap’s chief operating officer Henk Vlietstra, chief patent officer David Lundmark, and chief technology officer Paul Greco are all exiting the company according to a report from Business… more
Join Loki on His Time-Traveling Adventures with This Snapchat Lens
Like its predecessors WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Marvel’s latest series for Disney Plus, Loki, has its own augmented reality experience.
However, while the former titles did not debut their AR content until just ahead of their respective season finales, the latter arrives just in time for the debut of the God of Mischief’s time-traveling exploits.
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For Loki, Disney Plus has opted to publish its AR experience as a Sponsored Lens on Snapchat. The experience… more