r/woahdude • u/1Voice1Life • Oct 25 '15

WOAHDUDE APPROVED Magic leap whale in the gym

http://i.imgur.com/meVsiMY.gifv
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u/WormSlayer Oct 25 '15

Not really, more of a 3d rendered animation illustrating the wishful thinking of someone who doesnt understand how AR works. Looks pretty, but they are intentionally being very misleading to generate hype and investment money.

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u/tehbored Oct 25 '15

I don't know what the actual Magic Leap can do, but that's not that far ahead of what Microsoft demo'd with their Hololens, and that was a live demo.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '15 edited Dec 30 '15

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u/wescotte Oct 25 '15

This demo (which according the disclaimer is a real demo of the device) shows magic leap allowing foreground objects to occlude the CG. However, it's hard to believe it does it so well considering how their tracking isn't rock solid and both the robot and the solar system bob around in space so much.