the mysterious augmented reality headset arrives this summer

Last December, Magic Leap unveiled his augmented reality headset that was much talked about for several years without it is clear whether it was part of the Arlesian or a technological revolution able to reshuffle the cards. After a few long months of silence, the Florida-based company, which managed to raise $ 2.3 billion (€ 2 billion) for this project, has finally announced concrete for the launch of its Magic Leap helmet. One. This will be done in the course of the summer in the United States.

No precise date for the moment, but it is known however that the product will be distributed exclusively by the operator AT & T with which an agreement has just been sealed. Regarding the price, Magic Leap has released nothing more than its initial indication that the headset should cost at least as expensive as a high-end smartphone. Based on the price of a iPhone X or a Samsung Galaxy S9 +, the Magic Leap One could be worth between 1,000 and 1,500 euros, at the very least.

In a long video presentation via the Twitch platform (which can be seen again on YouTube ), developers in charge of the project delivered some technical elements on the hardware and software configuration of their headphones of Augmented Reality . We learn that it uses a NVidia TeCV2 (19459009) system on a chip ) which incorporates two 64-bit ARM processors from the Denver family. The operating system is a hybrid creation that includes 64-bit Linux as well as borrowings "to other systems" that are not mentioned. However, we still do not know what is the autonomy of Magic Leap One or how it manages the execution of applications (locally or via the Internet offers three types of basic services: … "data-image =" https://www.cdn.v5.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/midioriginal/2/d/4/2d44ed5fbf_50034607_internet-02.jpg "data-url =" / tech / definitions / internet-internet-3983 / "data-more =" Read more "> Internet ?).

What about the real field of view?

The presentation was punctuated with excerpts of demonstration of the operation of the helmet We discover a game putting in scene a golem that l 'installs' in the real world with finger-pinching gestures, visual cues tell where you can insert the o The character comes to the environment in a credible way, sometimes on the floor, on a sofa or the kitchen worktop (see the video above).

We note that the headset detects not only the movements of the hands, but also the movements of the user. When the golem throws a rock in his direction, he can avoid it by stepping aside or blocking it with his hand. It will be up to video game and application developers to make the most of these capabilities. The demonstration is quite convincing, but remember that it has been prerecorded and it is unclear whether or not it has been embellished. Remember that Magic Leap had admitted to having used special effects for some of his previous demonstrations.

One of the outstanding issues is the real field of view of the Magic Leap One, which will necessarily be limited to a frame. The same question arose with the demonstrations of Microsoft's HoloLens sunglbades that suggested total immersion while vision in real conditions was more limited. Regarding the Magic Leap One, we should not delay to learn more about this and the operation of the helmet as soon as it is released on the market.

What to remember

• Magic Leap has finally announced the commercialization of its augmented reality helmet Magic Leap One in the course of the summer
• The technology exploits the diffusion of the luminous fields to entangle the virtual objects in reality.
• Many questions remain unanswered as to the functioning and the real interest of this technology.

Augmented Reality: Magic Leap unveils mysterious glbades

We now know what Principles glbades look like and how augmented reality works
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"Finally! exclaim in chorus the titles of press following the presentation of the glbades of augmented reality of Magic Leap. It is indeed six years since this company based in Florida (United States) works in the biggest secrecy on a technology promising to mix the virtual and the real in a natural and harmonious way.

Although she did not provide absolutely no tangible detail during all this time, the company managed to raise near 1.9 billion dollars from prestigious investors like Google and Alphabet
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Magic Leap still revealed its product, but only in photos via its website. The Magic Leap One are therefore a pair of glbades of augmented reality connected by a cable to a circular case the size of a portable CD which clings to the belt and contains the electronics required to process the data sent by the eight the space domain, a stellar sensor is an optoelectronic device for the orientation of satellites. " data-image = "https://www.cdn.v5.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/midioriginal/6/3/4/6349c4ee96_50036247_capteurrecopesca-image-node-full.jpg" data-url = "/ tech / definitions / sensor-technology-8460 / "data-more =" Read the definition "> sensors built into the front of the spectacle frame. It is unclear whether this package will allow the Magic Leap One to run completely independently or if it will require a wireless connection to a cloud computing platform .

The Magic Leap One have a restricted display, such as the HoloLens

The device comes with a wireless controller with a touchpad that will be used to navigate and interact with virtual interfaces. It is impossible for now to know exactly how these glbades work and are used since Magic Leap only provided photos. Let's remember that the display technology used is that of the light fields (the whole of the light). The white light
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In an interview with the magazine Glixel of Rolling Stone Rony Abovitz, the founder and boss of Magic Leap, explained that the heart of the technology was based on a partial rendering of the total light field that corresponds to what the human brain is able to process. Magic Leap claims to have succeeded in isolating the portion of the signal that is actually useful to the brain: the cerebral cortex, located under the meninges, the kidney: the renal cortex is the part … "data-image =" https: // en.cdn.v5.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/midioriginal/0/7/9/0795c9d4a3_105668_cortex-definition-01.jpg "data-url =" / health / definitions / medecine-cortex-3186 / "data -more = "Read more"> visual cortex The principle is a bit like what is done for music with the MP3 format, which only restores part of usually of a temporal frequency f, connected to the period T (expressed in s) of the phenomenon observed by the following formula: f = 1 / T.
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Still, we still do not know what the use of these Magic Leap One. The description made by the journalist of Glixel evokes a Function of the window
The window has several uses: to provide an exit in case of evacuation, a means of communication towards the outside, aeration of a house …
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The interest of the developers will be determining

Concretely, what can make these glbades? r Internet with multiple windows open all around at once, shopping online by looking at 3D products in all directions, chatting with friends, whose avatars will be in the room, and, of course, playing games. video games that will use the scenery The theories established by physics apply in well-defined frames.
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One of the interesting points put forward by Magic Leap is that the system is able to memorize the location of virtual objects by creating a replica Is said, as opposed to badog, the representation of data or physical quantities by means of characters – usually numbers – and at ssi systems, devices or processes employing this … "data-url =" / tech / definitions / computer-numeric-584 / "data-more =" Read more "> digital of the physical environment. If, for example, a virtual vase is installed on its coffee table, the vase will appear in this place each time we reconnect.

But, for the most part, the applications remain to be invented. This is the reason why the Magic Leap One will first be reserved for developers, who will be able to acquire a copy from next year on an undetermined date. The other unknown is the price of this equipment. In short, still many question marks for a technology that seems a little less revolutionary than announced.

Augmented reality: the mysterious technology of Magic Leap

Article initial of Marc Zaffagni ] Released on 10/27/2015

Founded in 2010, the Magic Leap Company is working in the utmost secrecy on an augmented reality technology that seems compelling enough for Google, Qualcomm and perhaps soon the Chinese giant Alibaba invest hundreds of millions of dollars. Beyond the two official demonstration videos, some more concrete information allows to get a better idea of ​​what is preparing this young shoot.

Two demonstration videos published on History of YouTube videos
It was created in 2005 by three … "data-image =" https: //fr.cdn.v5.futura-sciences. com / buildsv6 / images / midioriginal / 9 / f / 9 / 9f96d36564_108457_you-tube.jpg "data-url =" / tech / definitions / internet-youtube-16495 / "data-more =" Read more "> YouTube So far all that Magic Leap has shown to the general public of its Augmented Reality technology, yet this innovative young company founded in 2010 has already raised more than $ 590 million last year (534 million euros at the current price) from investors as important as Google, Qualcomm, the legendary Entertainment studio or Weta Workshop, which is owes the special effects of the trilogy of Lord of the Rings And it would only be a beginning.

According to the information of the sit e Re / code the Chinese giant Alibaba could put 200 million dollars on the table (181 million euros at the current price). The South Florida Business Journal claims that Magic Leap is in the process of negotiating a new round of fundraising that could reach $ 1 billion. Dizzying numbers knowing that the young plant has not delivered any technical details or launch date for its product. If investors who chose to rely on this technology have probably had access to more concrete information, the media and the general public must be content with videos, it is true rather impressive.

The second video was shot without special effects

The first video released last March on YouTube features a video shooter whose action takes place in a real environment in which the expression "robot …" data-image = "https://www.cdn.v5.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/midioriginal/5/a/3/5a3cb70e90_50036231_robonaut-003-1 -01.jpg "data-url =" / tech / definitions / robotic-robot-8433 / "data-more =" Read more "> robots emerge from the four corners of the room. , which had been done with the help of Weta Workshop, left a doubt about the effects and Magic Leap technology.It's the same situation with augmented reality glbades HoloLens [19459008ThedemonstrationsorchestratedbyMicrosoftdonotpresenttheexactfunctioningoftheproductbutavisionofthetypeof.

The Magic Leap company went a little further to convince. A few days ago, she released a second video demonstration, stating that she had been shot directly from her device and without special effects of any kind. In the sequence, we discover a magnificent animation of the Solar System observed from the point of view of the person using the Magic Leap equipment. The rendering is indeed quite impressive and suggests what such a system could bring to fun, educational or professional applications. But what do we know about this technology named Digital Lightfield that its designers call " biomimetic " ?

More than 150 patent applications

If no official information has filtered, the start-up, the digital and the biotechnologies
The … "data-image =" https: // en .cdn.v5.futura-sciences.com / buildsv6 / images / midioriginal / d / 6 / e / d6eab33032_90352_shutterstock-stock-rocket.jpg "data-url =" / tech / definitions / tech-start-up-15740 / " data-more = "Read More"> start-up has filed more than 150 patent applications at the US Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO ) that provide some clues. According to the drawings and diagrams in these documents, the equipment consists of a helmet or glbades connected to a portable housing equivalent to a mini-computer which contains the necessary electronics and power supply, which would explain the level of performance. system that would rely on a more powerful hardware configuration than equipment that integrates components directly into the s glbades or headphones.

With regard to the projection device, it consists of displaying a multitude of images in front of each eye ​​ by means of two Principle and use of the headlamp
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The numerous patent applications filed by the Florida-based company also suggest that the device will rely on a platform of cloud computing that will manage some of the information processing to serve specific applications, for example Magic Leap will recognize actions and objects to deliver contextual ads. it is a question of detecting the state of emotion l of the user using facial recognition and artificial intelligence to adapt the display accordingly.

All this is very ambitious but it is necessary to relativize. Patent applications are used above all to cover all possible use cases in order to defend its intellectual property in the face of competition. This does not mean that what is described will necessarily happen … Magic Leap may show great mastery in organic matter, nitrogenous matter, etc.
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