Magic Leap
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Magic Leap raises $500m, unveils Magic Leap 2
Company valued at $2 billion, second generation of AR headset expected in 2022
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Magic Leap appoints Microsoft exec as CEO
Peggy Johnson takes on the role from August 1
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Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz to step down
Abovitz will continue as CEO until a replacement is found, and remain on the board after the transition
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Magic Leap raises $350m after mass layoffs
But augmented reality firm withdraws notice regarding potential redundancies for remaining staff
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Magic Leap warns of "critical" battery safety issue
Headset developer says Lightpack has been known to swell, but only in "extremely specific use cases"
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Magic Leap lays off people "at every level"
AR company says pandemic prompted need to manage costs, shift focus away from consumer products to enterprise market
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Augmented reality startup could sell for over $10 billion
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Nreal files motion to dismiss Magic Leap copycat suit
Chinese XR company attests its Florida rival's suit includes "erroneous legal theories and threadbare and conclusory allegations"
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Magic Leap launches upgraded headset, reportedly lays off dozens
Company said to have planned to sell over 100k Magic Leaps in first year, only sold 6k in six months
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Magic Leap suing ex-employee for stealing tech to make his own XR headset
Florida start-up claims former engineer's Nreal Light headset bears a "striking similarity" to confidential company tech
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Magic Leap gets $280m investment from Docomo
Japanese telecomms deal pushes lifetime funding above $2.6 billion
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Magic Leap announces Independent Creator Program
Fund to offer grants of $20,000 to $500,000 to indie AR developers working on the headset
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Magic Leap wants to avoid a takeover and go public
CEO Ronny Abovitz believes an IPO would be "the best thing for the creative community"
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Magic Leap indie developer grant programme to launch this year
Successful applicants will receive "support to accelerate their development"
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Magic Leap and HoloLens competing for military funding
Augmented reality headsets would “increase lethality” of US troops as part of Army's $500 million program
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Magic Leap One Creator Edition now available for $2,295
The hyped mixed reality startup shows its hand at last
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Magic Leap takes new investment from AT&T
Magic Leap One will ship to devs this summer, CEO teases second product Magic Leap Next
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Magic Leap now open to developers through Creator Portal preview
Meanwhile, Unreal Engine and Unity add support for ambitious new augmented reality platform
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Weta Workshop opens new specialist mixed reality development studio
New Zealand-based studio is developing own IP for Magic Leap One
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Magic Leap adds another $461 million in funding
Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund leads latest round of investors in augmented reality start-up
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Magic Leap One: Creator Edition shipping in 2018
Augmented reality company unveils long-awaited first product, a self-contained wearable platform
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Magic Leap lining up another $1 billion in funding
Secretive startup plans to sell 37 million shares at $27 each, taking lifetime funding beyond $2.5 billion
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Singapore investment firm reportedly leading new financing round of more than $500m
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"So what the hell is Magic Leap doing?"
At the Develop conference today, Graeme Devine described the pitching process that helped Magic Leap discover the true nature of mixed reality content
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Magic Leap settles sexual discrimination case
Terms of the out of court settlement with Tannen Campbell were not disclosed