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to fool you into seeing added objects in your normal field of view; early testers say the
experience is much like the Hololens by Microsoft. They look like sunglasses a spider
might wear. It has several cameras and other sensors mounted on the glasses.

Figure 1​. The HMD for the ‘Magic Leap One’

The first developer kits will be going out to selected developers and tech reporters
sometime in the spring of 2018. There is still no mention how much these are going to
cost, seeing how Microsoft’s Hololens starts at around $3000 US, it would not be
outlandish to guess that these may cost over $5,000 US. They are also opening up a
content creator portal as well to share augmented reality content. All the money in the
world, a ton of hype, and a very long wait sets some very high expectations for the
Magic Leap One that may be hard to live up to.

The most recent news on the first product - Magic Leap One - came at the Code Media
Conference on February 13-14, 2018. Magic Leap founder and CEO Rony Abovitz
shared the stage NBA commissioner Adam Silver and talked about how this technology
will be the future of how fans will experience spectator sports.

Figure 2.​ NBA commercial featuring Shaquille O’Neal using Magic Leap One

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