Magic Leap mixed reality glasses contain Nvidia Parker soc and cost $2295 22

Magic Leap has started offering its first mixed reality glasses for sale. It is a developer version that costs $2,295. The glasses run on an Nvidia Parker-soc, and have 8GB of ram, 128GB of storage and a battery life of three hours.

The glasses work with ‘lightfield photonics’ and generate light at different depths, which should enable the representation of virtual objects in the real world. The Magic Leap One consists of glasses, a module containing the hardware and a controller. The Lightwear glasses not only contain the screen, but also a microphone and speakers. The hardware is housed in a small box, which the makers call Lightpack.

The Verge has tried the glasses and concludes in a preview that it is a disappointing experience. The field of view in particular is still a stumbling point; as with the HoloLens, the field of view is limited. Although the view is fifty degrees larger than that of Microsoft’s HoloLens, it is much smaller than the hundred degrees that most VR glasses show. There are also no apps that convince, according to The Verge. However, the glasses are very comfortable, according to the website.

Magic Leap uses an Nvidia Parker soc with two Denver cores and four ARM Cortex-A57 cores in addition. Applications can use one of the Denver cores and two of the ARM cores. There is also an Nvidia Pascal GPU with 256 cudacores in the Lightpack. There is 8GB of RAM and 128GB of flash memory, of which 95GB is available. According to the makers, the built-in battery is good for three hours of use. Charging is possible with 45 watts via the USB-C connection.

The Magic Leap One runs on LuminOS, its own operating system. The glasses have speech recognition, so wearers can navigate with their voice. The company also supplies a 6dof controller with a trackpad with haptic feedback. The controller also has a trigger and two digital buttons. Magic Leap only sells the first version of its glasses in the US for now.