![]() ![]() Many people around the web are complaining that this looks goofy, mostly because this announcement doesn’t provide us with enough information to critique it in other ways. ![]() Tethered by a single cable, the company says it offers “igh-powered processing and graphics, streamlined in a lightweight pack that stays right by your side.” Abovitz told Rolling Stone the company is still working on battery optimization. The system comes with a small mobile computer that’s clipped to the user’s waist, which Magic Leap calls the ‘Lightpack’. Rolling Stone reports the headset will come in two sizes, and pieces like the forehead pad, nose pieces, and temple pads can all be customized to ensure a good fit. Before the company launches Magic Leap One, they’ll also take user’s glasses prescriptions to build corrective lenses directly into the headset-possibly hinting at a decidedly premium pricetag. ![]() The report describes Lightwear’s field of view (FOV) similar in size to “a VHS tape held in front of you with your arms half extended.” image courtesy Magic Leap Magic Leap founder and CEO Rony Abovitz told Rolling Stone the headset incorporates “eye tracking, and you’re going to use gesture, our input system for most of the experience.” The headset, which has a real-time computer vision processor, reportedly contains four built-in microphones, external cameras to track the wearer and the world they’re in, and tiny high-end speakers built into the temples of the device to provide spatial audio. Two cables are seen trailing out the back of the Lightwear headset, although Rolling Stone reports these actually unite in a single cable on its way to the computing unit. There are already a few devices on the market, said Johnson, "that are more of a heads-up display.The headset itself is going by the name Lightwear, which features an array of sensors – exactly how many and their individual purpose, we’re not sure yet. And we are still coming down that trajectory. That allows you to have a very small, lightweight device, and a very power-efficient device. And my old company, Qualcomm, puts more and more features into that chip. The CPU that runs our mobile phones used to be a lot of components, and it used to be bigger. The other big thing that will happen over time is the same thing that will happen in mobile phones, silicon integration. Johnson, an engineer by training, said the continued path of silicon integration in chips will help: And so, we've got to solve all of that in order to get these onto consumers. There are others on the market who have done that, and that's the biggest complaint: it's clunky, it's hot, it's heavy. We just don't think that's wise to build that into headset right now. It's a little bit heavier, it can be warm because it's a processor. The processor itself - right now, we have the processor separate from the headset that's how we make the headset so light, it kind of hangs off your waistband or your pocket. To make such a compact device runs into the limits of current electronics, especially batteries: Here, a group visualize a wildfire scene with images of terrain and stats overlaid on their view of the world. Magic Leap has been re-oriented toward enterprise use cases. If you see inaccuracies in our content, please report the mistake via this form. If we have made an error or published misleading information, we will correct or clarify the article. Our editors thoroughly review and fact-check every article to ensure that our content meets the highest standards. Our goal is to deliver the most accurate information and the most knowledgeable advice possible in order to help you make smarter buying decisions on tech gear and a wide array of products and services. ![]() ZDNET's editorial team writes on behalf of you, our reader. Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Neither ZDNET nor the author are compensated for these independent reviews. This helps support our work, but does not affect what we cover or how, and it does not affect the price you pay. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. ![]()
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