> its first product is a somewhat janky piece of magic

> Magic Leap is about as impressive a piece of augmented or virtual reality hardware as I’ve seen. Other companies may have better fields of view and a more compact device, but they lack the variety of content that makes Magic Leap’s offerings shine. The early partnerships the company has inked have, indeed, paid off.

the author nearly breaking their neck stretching to find some positive way to frame this train wreck of a company/product

saying the hardware is the most impressive they've seen, but because the software from partners is good?

HN needs a moratorium on TC paid advertising pieces / TC in general