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I disagree that it's childish. Magic Leap hasn't been clear on what they are actually demonstrating in their demonstration videos. They started out with some really bold claims and have been gradually scaling them back into something more reasonable (and less unique). In my opinion, the skepticism is well earned.

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Thanks for the upvotes. Gratifying to see there are others who choose to think positively too. I do understand some of the skepticism, but I think saying:

"The product doesn't exist. The only image of the device on that Creator page is a 3D render"

..about a company that has received over $2billion in funding is pretty childish.

If Magic Leap are watching and want to send the team here at R01 a Creators Edition we'd be really happy to start creating on the LuminSDK with UE4 and represent here in London.

Anyone from @magicleap.com - feel free to use the chat widget at the bottom left of our site to get in touch (http://realityzero.one).

Edit: took Trolls comment off - because I realised, ironically , I was now the one being overly negative. Sorry about that.

> .. about a company that has received over $2billion in funding is pretty childish.

We don't complain about companies as long as Theranos about their technology.

Sorry, I meant to write "as long as they're honest about their technology".

This has to win some sort of award. I found it quite creative :)

> "about a company that has received over $2billion in funding is pretty childish."

Based on what you know about the Magic Leap to date, if you had the money to invest would you do so?

Epic Games Founder and CEO Tim Sweeney said: “Magic Leap has truly created something magical in this combination of hardware breakthroughs and software innovations, which represents a giant leap towards the coming spatial computing revolution.”

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games and head geek for Unreal Engine 4, must have tried Magic Leap One and he doesn't strike me as someone who just goes ahead and drinks the Kool-Aid. I guess we'll all have to wait and see.

Apologies for annoying so many people here. Now I'm getting down-voted into oblivion :-(

The triggering point is just the belief that just because entity X received Y dollars in funding, that X has any legitimacy. There are more than enough counterexamples in the valley (juicero, theranos, bodega, etc) that demonstrate investors really lack the capabilities or wherewithal to conduct proper due diligence. The downvotes you are getting is a direct reaction to this.

Epic has everything to gain from this partnership, and nothing to lose.

Were you a theranos believer too?

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