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Magic Leap Opens Up Orders for $2,295 "Creator Edition" Augmented Reality Headset

Accepted submission by takyon at 2018-08-09 21:42:06 from the mixed-reality,-mixed-reviews dept.
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After years of hype, Magic Leap starts selling $2,300 AR headset [arstechnica.com]

After years of behind-closed-doors demos and over-the-top hype [arstechnica.com], Magic Leap's augmented reality glasses took one more step towards reality today. The company has opened up orders [magicleap.com] for the $2,295 "Creator Edition" of its first headset, the Magic Leap One.

That price includes in-person delivery and setup of the developer-focused hardware, though that delivery is only available in select US cities for the time being—Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle will be covered on day one. Those in other locations have to reserve a spot and wait for wider availability.

The hand-delivery is in part to determine which of two adjustable sizes for the headset is most appropriate for you—Magic Leap says "you'll be measured upon delivery to ensure the perfect fit." Magic Leap also says "limited quantities" are being made available now and that delivery of current orders will take place within "120 days and typically much sooner."

Compare the price to the $3,000-$5,000 developer versions of Microsoft's HoloLens, or the $1,500 Google Glass.

It requires a connected "lightpack" computer that clips onto a pocket or shoulder strap. The device has an Nvidia Tegra X2 chipset (2 Denver 2.0 cores, 4 ARM Cortex A57 cores, with one Denver core and two of the A57 cores accessible to developers), 8GB of memory, 128GB of storage, and a battery supposedly offering 3 hours of use. It also comes with a wireless handheld controller similar to ones offered by Oculus, Samsung, etc., although it is fully tracked by the headset's cameras, offering "a full range of motion" according to The Verge.

The field of view of the device [roadtovr.com] is 40° horizontal, 30° vertical. This is larger than HoloLens's 30° horizontal, 17.5° vertical field of view, but is far less than that of VR headsets (typically 100-110° horizontal, and 200-210° horizontal for the Pimax and StarVR headsets) and human vision (around 220° horizontal when including peripheral vision).

Detailed review at The Verge [theverge.com].

Previously: Magic Leap Bashed for Being Vaporware [soylentnews.org]
Magic Leap Finally Announces a Product, But is It Still Vaporware? [soylentnews.org]


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