The folks at Magic Leap remain tight-lipped about what the device looks like and exactly how it functions, but a recently uncovered patent application may provide some helpful clues.
Filled with a wide range of illustrations detailed all manner of head-mounted displays, the drawings don't confirm what the Magic Leap hardware will look like, but it at least offers some hint at what the company is thinking.
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In fact, there are so many drawings of would-be gadgets (rings, gloves, cubes, keyboards etc.) and mechanisms in the patent (filed in January and surfaced by Business Insider) that it almost seems like a deliberate attempt to obscure the true nature of the system. Or, it could be a hint at the vast possibilities inherent in the system. At this point, we just don't know. Therefore, we're mostly focusing on the head-mounted device.
We see everything from shoppers using the glasses to watch a virtual screen, play an augmented reality game (hidden in vegetables at the supermarket!), help perform surgery and even share experiences during a yoga session.
As with all patent drawings, what you see isn't necessarily what you'll get later as a commercial product, but in the meantime, these images can tide you over while Magic Leap maintains its hype-fueled campaign of secrecy.
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