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Are they shuttered yet, or still shambling along?

https://resources.magicleap.com/en-us/careers

Supposedly they have open roles, but it's probably just for show (since displaying 0 openings would be perceived as a negative signal). Archive.org corroborates not much is changing.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://resource...

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Still here

https://www.magicleap.com/

and on v2 of the product. If you really want optical AR hardware that's affordable and stylish your best bet is

https://www.xreal.com/

I think they have a great story for "watch TV in AR" but I don't think their story for AR applications is that good.

Sucks to see all the V1s on eBay that will essentially be a brick at the end of the year, though.

I’ve got a Microsoft HoloLens which is more than a brick but not much more. it is weird to open up a music player turn my back to it and really have it sound like it is behind me.

Because I trust a random HN commenter more than what I can find on Google easily these days (though I did still search first of course)... why will they be a brick at the end of the year?

If it's not for some strong built-in reason (impossible-to-update firmware has a hard date after which it will crash, etc.), do you think picking up one to experiment with would still be worth it?

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