News Magic Leap raises $500m, unveils Magic Leap 2 Company valued at $2 billion, second generation of AR headset expected in 2022 Oct. 12, 2021 James Batchelor
News Magic Leap appoints Microsoft exec as CEO Peggy Johnson takes on the role from August 1 July 7, 2020 James Batchelor
News Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz to step down Abovitz will continue as CEO until a replacement is found, and remain on the board after the transition May 29, 2020 Matthew Handrahan
News Magic Leap raises $350m after mass layoffs But augmented reality firm withdraws notice regarding potential redundancies for remaining staff May 22, 2020 James Batchelor
News Magic Leap warns of "critical" battery safety issue Headset developer says Lightpack has been known to swell, but only in "extremely specific use cases" April 30, 2020 James Batchelor
News Magic Leap lays off people "at every level" AR company says pandemic prompted need to manage costs, shift focus away from consumer products to enterprise market April 22, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Magic Leap looks for buyers Augmented reality startup could sell for over $10 billion March 12, 2020 Ivy Taylor
News Nreal files motion to dismiss Magic Leap copycat suit Chinese XR company attests its Florida rival's suit includes "erroneous legal theories and threadbare and conclusory allegations" Dec. 17, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Magic Leap launches upgraded headset, reportedly lays off dozens Company said to have planned to sell over 100k Magic Leaps in first year, only sold 6k in six months Dec. 10, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Magic Leap suing ex-employee for stealing tech to make his own XR headset Florida start-up claims former engineer's Nreal Light headset bears a "striking similarity" to confidential company tech June 19, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Magic Leap gets $280m investment from Docomo Japanese telecomms deal pushes lifetime funding above $2.6 billion April 29, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Magic Leap announces Independent Creator Program Fund to offer grants of $20,000 to $500,000 to indie AR developers working on the headset Nov. 15, 2018 Rebekah Valentine
News Magic Leap wants to avoid a takeover and go public CEO Ronny Abovitz believes an IPO would be "the best thing for the creative community" Oct. 11, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
Stub Magic Leap indie developer grant programme to launch this year Successful applicants will receive "support to accelerate their development" Oct. 11, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
News Magic Leap and HoloLens competing for military funding Augmented reality headsets would “increase lethality” of US troops as part of Army's $500 million program Sept. 24, 2018 James Batchelor
News Magic Leap One Creator Edition now available for $2,295 The hyped mixed reality startup shows its hand at last Aug. 8, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
News Magic Leap takes new investment from AT&T Magic Leap One will ship to devs this summer, CEO teases second product Magic Leap Next July 12, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
News Magic Leap now open to developers through Creator Portal preview Meanwhile, Unreal Engine and Unity add support for ambitious new augmented reality platform March 20, 2018 James Batchelor
News Weta Workshop opens new specialist mixed reality development studio New Zealand-based studio is developing own IP for Magic Leap One March 19, 2018 Ivy Taylor
News Magic Leap adds another $461 million in funding Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund leads latest round of investors in augmented reality start-up March 7, 2018 Brendan Sinclair
News Magic Leap One: Creator Edition shipping in 2018 Augmented reality company unveils long-awaited first product, a self-contained wearable platform Dec. 20, 2017 Brendan Sinclair
News Magic Leap lining up another $1 billion in funding Secretive startup plans to sell 37 million shares at $27 each, taking lifetime funding beyond $2.5 billion Oct. 13, 2017 Matthew Handrahan
News Magic Leap value nears $6bn Singapore investment firm reportedly leading new financing round of more than $500m Sept. 14, 2017 James Batchelor
Feature "So what the hell is Magic Leap doing?" At the Develop conference today, Graeme Devine described the pitching process that helped Magic Leap discover the true nature of mixed reality content July 11, 2017 Matthew Handrahan
News Magic Leap settles sexual discrimination case Terms of the out of court settlement with Tannen Campbell were not disclosed May 12, 2017 Christopher Dring