At the end of last year, the company Magic Leap revealed, finally, one of the most anticipated devices of its own AR headset. For its development the startup raised almost two billion dollars of investment and for a long time did not disclose the details of the creation of a gadget, so many even have doubts that release will ever take place. However, the presentation was successful, a working headset has demonstrated to the General public. On the same day the head of the Magic Leap Rony Abovitz first told more about the price of the device, which was comparable to the cost of a good smartphone.
Thanks Abovitz it became known that in the sale of several models of devices, among which will be a simplified version, designed for the mass market. The price for this headset will range in the thousands of dollars, which is comparable to the price of top-end smartphone.
Previously, developers were showing good video that demonstrated the possibility of points, but the details of how this works has not been disclosed, promising that the glasses will be equipped with the technology of projecting images onto the retina and other impressive capabilities. The last to implement and failed, but the headset is really stuffed with a good set of sensors and cameras. Unfortunately, the date for the appearance of Magic Leap in sales is not reported.
Competitors in the market, the device is still there, if not to take into account the HoloLens from Microsoft, this headset came out a few years ago, but still costs about three thousand dollars, more like a bulky helmet, and intended rather for developers than for end users.
To discuss the headset and in our new telegram chat. Join!
Developer AR headset, Magic Leap said about prices and variations of the device
Vyacheslav Larionov