About -that- Bloomberg Magic Leap article...
Sure, there's _some_ truth to it. The company and its leadership have certainly made their fair share of mistakes.
BUT... /1

...what the critics miss entirely is that over 2 years ago Magic Leap shipped an untethered wearable AR device with inside-out 6dof tracking, 6dof controller, gesture recognition, eye tracking, spatial audio, Unity/Unreal/C++/web dev support, even a distribution platform... /2

And more affordable than the only comparable competitor at the time (Hololens). Facebook or Apple - the supposed leaders of the AR race - still haven't come close to that, and those companies command resources that aren't even in the same league as Magic Leap. /3

This obsession with the optics technology is, frankly, ridiculous. Your smart phone is not *just* the screen. It's various sensors, cameras, speakers, microphones, battery, cameras, WiFi, BT and cell chips, cloud, and of course the ecosystem. /4

Take a look at the start of any new technology (planes, cars, light bulbs, ffs). They were new, they were deemed impossible, they were ridiculed, and by modern standards they all sucked. And yet, they were the first - and necessary - steps to what we use today. /5

Maybe some see Magic Leap as failure. I, for one, wouldn't be so quick to write it off. Plus, competition is good. And even if it doesn't ship a single device ever again, I will always view Magic Leap One as a success and an amazing accomplishment. (/end)