Will Magic Leap's Smoke & Mirrors Fuel Skepticism of AR?

So says The Information, which has a paywall, but fortunately someone at The Verge has a subscription: 

The company has repeatedly used YouTube videos to demonstrate its version of AR, showing tiny elephants in the palms of people’s hands and a life-sized whale jumping out of a virtual ocean on a gymnasium floor. But at least one of these videos — showing an alien invader video game that let the wearer of the supposed headset or glasses make use of real-world objects — was created by visual effects studio Weta Workshop. Prior to today, it was believed Weta had simply created the visual assets for the game. However, The Information reveals the entire video was created by the studio. Magic Leap nonetheless used it to recruit employees to work at its South Florida headquarters. “This is a game we’re playing around the office right now,” reads the video’s description — an assertion that could not have been true.

Could be the first sign of skepticism not just for Magic Leap, but upcoming VR/AR technology in general -- especially Microsoft's competing HoloLens.

(The pseudo demo video with the questionable wording above.)

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[cyberserenity]

Never believed in Magic leap anyway. When something looks funny it often is. I am good.