Patent Drawings Tip Magic Leap VR Headset

So much for working on a tendency that drives towards inconspicuous and unhindred virtual reality (VR) headset concepts.

A new design patent awarded to augmented reality start-up, Magic Leap, highlights the possible hereafter of immersive multimedia—and information technology's openly brazen.

Described past The Verge as "the kind of affair Luke Skywalker would wear to do his lightsaber skills," the drawings showcase a larger VR gadget than nearly other offerings already on the market.

Magic Leap virtual reality headset Unlike the caput-strapped boxes that Oculus and HTC favour, Magic Bound's chapeau features a bulbous crush that covers virtually of the wearer's face up. It is unclear whether the mask will be transparent, a la Google Glass, so folks can see their surroundings while being immersed in a virtual world.

In fact, much of the company'south plan is unclear.

"This is part of our R&D and feel validation and is non at all representative of what our product volition await like," Magic Leap Spokesman, Andy Fouché, said in a statement emailed to PCMag. "Items that whatever company patents tin can be helpful to the unabridged process, regardless if they terminate upwardly pursuing that path or non."

Headquartered in Florida, the mysterious house was born out of the idea that people should come first, and computing and technology should fit our needs. A grouping of Silicon Valley giants agreed, investing $542 million in the visitor terminal yr.

In that fourth dimension since, Magic Spring named science-fiction writer and game designer Neal Stephenson as Master Futurist and teased its advanced augmented reality tech via a game played with physical props and a headset.

The company wowed audiences at October'southward WSJD technology briefing, where its CEO, Rony Abovitz, showed off Gimbal the robot and a working model of the solar system— all of it done in augmented reality.

Concluding summer, Magic Bound too announced plans to launch its software development kit, with support for Unity, Unreal, and custom 3D engines.