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Magic Leap 1 end of life notice

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Received a EOL notice for Magic Leap 1, quoting the email:

- Magic Leap 1 Developer Forum: On September 29, 2023, Magic Leap 1 Developer Forum will no longer be available. Please refer to the Magic Leap 2 Developer Forum for current information and updates on the Magic Leap platform.

- Magic Leap Discord channel: On September 29, 2023, Magic Leap Discord channel will no longer be available. Please refer to the Magic Leap 2 Developer Forum for current information and updates on the Magic Leap platform.

- OS Updates: Magic Leap will only address outages that impact core functionality (as determined by Magic Leap) until December 31, 2024.

- Customer Care will continue to offer Magic Leap 1 product troubleshooting assistance through December 31, 2024.

- Warranties: Magic Leap will continue to honor valid warranty claims under the Magic Leap 1 Warranty Policy available here.

- Cloud Services: On December 31, 2024, cloud services for Magic Leap 1 will no longer be available, core functionality will reach end-of-life and the Magic Leap 1 device and apps will cease to function.

core functionality will reach end-of-life and the Magic Leap 1 device and apps will cease to function. -- how on Earth has this come to be acceptable when paying thousands of dollars for a product?!??!?

I'm not sure how bad that really is or how dependent it is on cloud services.

I recently picked up a Hololens 1 because they are pretty cheap. Cortana is not working and the Microsoft Store has slim pickings, but it does come with a recent version of the Edge browser.

(Kinda funny to browse Edge with a BT mouse, keyboard and headset but it sure beats using the clicker or trying to use hand gestures.)

I hope it does keep basically working, but they are quite categorical about it! "The device will cease to function" (reliance on network and cloud services for unrelated functionality is by itself a fatal flaw, and something that also has been all too common in recent years).

Scandalous !!! $2500 wasted just because a tethering with servers that will be shutdown !!!!!! Why they don't do like Google with their Google Glasses : a last firmware developed to free the device from the servers, offering the basic functionnalities without any constraint ?

Did anyone do a check on which addresses the device may try to contact, and what responses may make it remain happy and alive?

Update:

It seems no

> This is my understanding: every six months the ML1 has a hard-coded security check to cloud query for authentication. If this doesn’t pass, the device cannot be used. If the cloud service shuts down, there is nothing to authenticate against, and the device essentially bricks out. https://twitter.com/slukas/status/1697060352146715052?s=20

You'll own nothing and be happy

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