この数日間、世界中で話題になっているマジック・リープ。AR技術やディスプレイ等の開発を手がけてきたマジックリープ(Magic Leap)というベンチャー企業に、AR技術でも有名なクアルコム・ベンチャーズ、グーグルをはじめとする大手IT企業や投資ファンドなどが、5億4200万ドルの出資を行ったというから話題になるのも当たり前だろう。過去に5億ドルを超えるベンチャー投資は例がないとのことで資金調達にも大きな注目が集まっていると思われる。
VRで有名なオキュラス・リフトを軽量化したようなタイプのグラスと特殊なAR技術により実現すると言われているが、定かではないようだ。
Augmented Reality Startup Magic Leap Announces New Round Of Funding, Google Leads The Pack Read more at
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1113262163/google-invests-in-augmented-reality-company-magic-leap-102214/#9lJoSVm13DcHxMPG.99
An elephant in the hand: Google buys some Magic
Nausea is usually the unfortunate result of having a virtual reality headset that lags behind reality by a fraction of a second. Samung claims its new VR headset doesn’t cause nausea, either, because it managed to get the latency below 20 milliseconds, which it says is the magic number.
Samsung’s Gear VR headset is based on technology from Oculus VR, the company that Facebook recently purchased for a cool $US2 billion. So you get the idea that all this is going to be a big deal sooner or later, giving us an alternative interface to the screens on our phones and PCs.
With Google getting a seat on the board in exchange for its undisclosed investment, one can only think that the Magic Leap technology could one day find its way onto Google Glass, Google’s own VR headset.
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http://www.afr.com/f/free/technology/digitallife/)
Google Invests Heavily in Magic Leap’s Effort to Blend Illusion and Reality By DAVID GELLES and MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED
If Google has its way, hammerhead sharks will swim through your office, elephants will fit in the palm of your hand and dragons will fly among the birds. These fanciful visions are being dreamed up by Magic Leap, a start-up making augmented-reality technology. On Tuesday, it landed Google as its biggest investor. Valuing Magic Leap at about $2 billion, the $542 million cash infusion from Google and other investors immediately vaulted the shadowy start-up into the upper echelons of young technology companies.
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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/google-invests-in-magic-leap-an-augmented-reality-firm/?_php=true&_type=blogs&partner=yahoofinance&_r=0)
