本月早些时候魔术飞跃- 一家神秘的创业公司构建了增强现实系统 - 发布了其精神技术的另一个视频。该公司由Google和Andressen Horowitz等技术投资者资助，已密切保护其秘密的“光子光场”技术，但是那些经历过的人称其为革命性。
这次演示是直接通过魔术Leap技术拍摄的第三次演示，已经陷入了对虚拟现实及其创造新颖体验潜力的广泛兴奋。凯文·凯利（Kevin Kelly）在《有线》杂志上写它可以创建“经验的维基百科”，以便人们按需下载。
Magic Leap的技术在很大程度上被保密了，它创造了所谓的“电影现实”。我们对该设备的大部分了解都在专利中揭示了：带有衍射元件的平面波导设备提起的,”魔术飞跃创始人罗尼Abovitz在201年5. Small projectors inside a headset beams images directly into your eyes, while sensors help to blend the virtual images with your physical surroundings (allowing digital jellyfish to vanish underneath tables, for instance, only to appear on the other side).
根据专利申请：“平面波导是由部分或完全透明的材料构造的，人类可以通过波导查看真实的物理对象。因此，波导显示系统可以包括光学上透明的混合现实（或“增强现实”）显示系统，其中可以将人工图像数据叠加，覆盖或与真实场景并列。”
The technology, which invites comparison to Microsoft HoloLens, differs from virtual reality headsets like Facebook’s Oculus Rift and the Samsung Gear VR. While the mixed reality of Magic Leap merges digital images with our surroundings, virtual reality transports users to computer-generated worlds or locations captured by video camera.
Those who have used Magic Leap’s technology have injected a significant amount of money into the startup, which has shunned Silicon Valley for offices near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Led by Google’s investment arm, the latest round of funding raised $793.5 million, pushing Magic’s Leap’s total funding to $1.4 billion.
