Magic Leap announces Magic Leap 2's first medical health partners

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The four healthcare technology companies will be able to get a head start on the device and provide feedback on domain-specific use cases to help the team complete the final device development.

Magic Leap has announced the establishment of a healthcare technology enterprise early access program for Magic Leap 2, and the first companies to join include SentIA, SyncThink, Heru and Brainlab.

It is reported that the Magic Leap 2 device, originally released in 2021, is scheduled to be officially commercialized in mid-2022, and the above-mentioned medical and health technology partners will be able to pre-experience the device and provide feedback suggestions for specific domain use cases, thus helping the team to complete the development of the Magic Leap 2 platform solution.

According to earlier information, the Magic Leap 2 weighs around 252.8 grams. As for the field of view, Magic Leap did not announce the specific parameters of magic Leap 2, but released a FOV comparison chart and said that the field of view was doubled. Through comparative calculations, the horizontal field of view of Magic Leap 2 is about 45 degrees, the vertical field of view is about 53 degrees, and the diagonal field of view is about 70 degrees.

As a reference, the Magic Leap 1 was officially released in August 2018 for $2295, with a horizontal field of view of 40 degrees, a vertical field of view of 30 degrees, a diagonal field of view of 50 degrees, and a weight of 316 grams.

It is worth mentioning that the Magic Leap 2 will include a new "segmented dimming" technology, which will make the device more suitable for bright environments, such as operating room environments. At the same time, the company claims to be able to achieve "best-in-class image quality, color fidelity and text legibility."

Magic Leap pointed out that Magic Leap 2 will focus on the enterprise market, especially in the medical field. The company explains: "Advances in Magic Leap 2 have greatly expanded the use of augmented reality in medical environments. Magic Leap 2 does more than just training, education, and planning. Magic Leap 2 will enable advanced use cases, including use in the operating room. This can change not only the way doctors provide care, but also the way patients experience care. ”