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Magic Leap 1 augmented reality headset: A cheat sheet
Headset:
- Six-layer waveguide "photonic lightfield chip" display
- Eye tracking infrared sensors
- IR dot projector for measuring room
- 40x30 degree field of vision
- Spatial audio
- Voice input
Computer:
- NVIDIA Parker SOC
- 2 Denver 2.0 64-bit cores + 4 ARM Cortex A57 64-bit cores
- NVIDIA Pascal GPU, 256 CUDA cores
- 8 GB RAM
- 128 GB SSD storage
- Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11ac/b/g/n, USB-C
- Up to three hours of continuous-use battery life
- Runs on proprietary Lumin OS
Controller:
- 6 degrees of freedom
- LRA haptic feedback
- Touchpad
- 8-bit resolution trigger button
- Digital bumper button
- Digital home button
How can developers build apps for Magic Leap 1?
Magic Leap 1, like HoloLens, is a developer-centered device. Developers who want to build apps (experiences) for Magic Leap 1 need to not only have access to a Magic Leap headset but also know a bit about its software.
Magic Leap 1 runs on its own operating system called Lumin OS, which is built from open-source tools like Linux and the Android Open Source Project; developers will need to become familiar with the different layers of this OS and its components. Lumin OS won't be a mystery to seasoned developers, though, because it's made up almost entirely of these familiar components:
- A Linux-based kernel with custom drivers for Magic Leap 1 makes up the Lumin OS core;
- OS services are largely standard, along with a set of Perception Services that manage Magic Leap 1's sensors and other unique hardware;
- The platform APIs used by Lumin OS are made up of standard POSIX APIs and additional ones especially for Magic Leap 1;
- The Lumin runtime provides a basic set of foundational APIs and a UI toolkit;
- Lumin OS uses popular 3D runtimes like Unreal 4 and Unity; and
- Lumin OS's interface is the last layer, and it's custom built for Magic Leap 1.
See the full story here: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/magic-leap-1-augmented-reality-headset-a-cheat-sheet/
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