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A Magic Leap slide deck uses a photo of a PowerBook G3 "PDQ" model from Wikipedia.<ref name="h305">{{cite web | title=Magic Leap Pitch (Development, Manufacturing and Launch Plans) | website=SlideShare | date=2016-04-16 | url=https://www.slideshare.net/nicholasngjf/magic-leap-pitch | access-date=2024-09-26}}</ref><ref name="x304">{{cite web | title=File:WallstreetII.jpg | website=Wikimedia Commons | date=2007-05-13 | url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WallstreetII.jpg | access-date=2024-09-26}}</ref>
Until 2017, the company had been regularly making headlines and generating a lot of buzz in the tech community. Expectations peaked in the year G2014 when it was announced that they have received funding from giants such as Alibaba, Google, and others.+
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Its name is in reference to a "magic leap" for mankind, referring to the progress that man can make using augmented reality. It makes reference to Neil Armstrong's quote about a giant leap for mankind, likening augmented reality to space travel as the next step in man's evolution and exploration of knowledge.
Its name is in reference to a "magic leap" for mankind, referring to the progress that man can make using augmented reality. It makes reference to Neil Armstrong's quote about a giant leap for mankind, likening augmented reality to space travel as the next step in man's evolution and exploration of knowledge.
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==Products==
==Products==
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Magic leap was developing in stealth mode starting in the year G2011. Magic Leap's goal was to create a [[near eye display system]] using [[light fields]]. The company has raised over 590 million dollars from [[Google]], Qualcomm, Andressen Horowitz and other investors. On December 9, 2015, it was revealed that Magic Leap was raising $827 million dollars in a new round of venture funding.
Magic leap was developing in stealth mode starting in the year G2011. Magic Leap's goal was to create a [[near eye display system]] using [[light fields]]. The company has raised over 590 million dollars from [[Google]], Qualcomm, Andressen Horowitz and other investors. On December 9, 2015, it was revealed that Magic Leap was raising $827 million dollars in a new round of venture funding.
−Magic Leap made headlines and generated a lot of buzz in the tech community. Expectations peaked when it was announced that they had received a large amount of funding from Alibaba, Google, and others.
+==Trivia==
+A Magic Leap slide deck uses a photo of a PowerBook G3 "PDQ" model from Wikipedia.<ref name="h305">{{cite web | title=Magic Leap Pitch (Development, Manufacturing and Launch Plans) | website=SlideShare | date=2016-04-16 | url=https://www.slideshare.net/nicholasngjf/magic-leap-pitch | access-date=2024-09-26}}</ref><ref name="x304">{{cite web | title=File:WallstreetII.jpg | website=Wikimedia Commons | date=2007-05-13 | url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WallstreetII.jpg | access-date=2024-09-26}}</ref>
==References==
==References==