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magically finally revealed its elusive mixed reality goggles Wow sort of hear me out the company launched an update to its website officially announcing what it's calling magic leap 1 there's a headset a wand controller and a small circular processing unit called light pack that you'll apparently clip on your pants or wear like a belt as a reminder magic leap is the company responsible for those really cool promo videos saying what you see is what you get while wearing our headset which was then roundly criticized by both the public and the press as being slightly faked the goggles you're seeing on magic Leafs website this time are probably Photoshop renders of the final product which is being touted as a creator edition no video of the device was released either and the site says quote product is continually advancing and may be different at time of shipment unquote so take all this with a grain of salt an exciting grain of salt but a grain of salt nonetheless that's not to say they don't have something real though since rolling stones Brian Crescenta reported having used the device and checked out half a dozen demos including a science-fiction world but he didn't actually describe the device in detail there was a picture of the first wearable version of the tech in the article codenamed cheesehead from way back in 2014 glad we don't have to wear that yikes magic Leafs website is still scant on actual details but they have some information on how the technology works in a small platform features section which briefly discusses how things like digital lights visual perception and persistent objects come together to create the experience the company says it plans to launch a creator portal in early 2018 with the headset shipping same year that's pretty ambitious considering we've never actually seen the device out in public but if the company can make good on its promises could be a really exciting 2018 for more check out cnet.com I'm Ashley sceva be good humans