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Magic Leap
Magic Leap ending support for Magic Leap 1[edit | edit source]
Magic Leap is a company founded in 2010. Magic Leap creates Augmented Reality (AR) Devices which overlay computer graphics over the user's real life view.[1]
The first device, Magic Leap 1 released in August of 2018 and retailed for $2,295 USD.[2] Their most recent device, the Magic Leap 2 released in September of 2022.
Incident[edit | edit source]
On August 30th, 2023 Magic Leap sent an email to customers announcing the end-of life of the Magic Leap 1 after December 31st, 2024. In the same email they also announced the shutdown of the Magic Leap 1 developer forum and Discord channel on September 29th, 2023.[3] They also released an article detailing the end of life of their product, the Magic Leap 1. In this article, they explain that the device will no longer be supported. As the article states, the device core functionality including the device and its apps as well as cloud services are no longer available. This means that the device is now no longer usable by any end user who had purchased the product. In the article, they encourage users to purchase a Magic Leap 2 (priced at $3,499)[4] to continue using their services and applications.[5]
The device needs to reauthenticate against the Magic leap Servers annually. This means the device will continue work offline and with internet disabled including already downloaded applications after December 31st, 2024 until 1 year passed since the last successful reauthentication.[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2016/11/02/inside-magic-leap-the-secretive-4-5-billion-startup-changing-computing-forever/. Retrieved 17 January, 2025. Archived from the original on 3 November, 2016. Retrieved 17 January, 2025.
- ↑ https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/08/08/magic-leap-one-mixed-reality-glasses-launch-in-six-us-cities. Retrieved 17 January, 2025. Archived from the original on 9 August, 2018. Retrieved 17 January, 2025.
- ↑ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37322435. Retrieved 18 January, 2025, Archived from the original on 18 January, 2025, Retrieved 18 January, 2025.
- ↑ https://www.adorama.com/mlm90aa004.html
- ↑ https://www.magicleap.care/hc/en-us/articles/18878883445645-Magic-Leap-1-End-of-Life. Retrieved 17 January, 2025. Archived from the original on 11 January, 2025. Retrieved 17 January, 2025.
- ↑ https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/magic-leap-1-end-of-life-and-ability-to-compile-and-run-own-apps/3660. Retrieved 18 January, 2025. Archived from the Original on 18 January, 2025. Retrieved 18 January, 2025
