> But at least one of these videos — showing an alien invader 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.
Was this ever really in doubt? You don't have to be a physicist or AR expert to note that throughout the video they occlude bright background colours with dark AR elements - somehow projecting 'black light'. Whilst I wouldn't expect the man on the street to pick this up it would be nice if journalists about to pen a breathless puff piece would at least give the subject matter 30 seconds of consideration.
Here is the video in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPMHcanq0xM It doesn't have any disclaimers that this was faked -- some earlier videos from Magic Leap did have disclaimers.
It is obviously too high resolution and pixel perfect to be from a headset display though. So it didn't fool me, but I think the way it is presented could be quite misleading to folks without a 3D background.
Yeah, it's funny how they think they got some scoop here. It was obviously a concept video. Totally obvious, and not just from what you mentioned, just the look and feel of the whole thing in general.
Was this ever really in doubt? You don't have to be a physicist or AR expert to note that throughout the video they occlude bright background colours with dark AR elements - somehow projecting 'black light'. Whilst I wouldn't expect the man on the street to pick this up it would be nice if journalists about to pen a breathless puff piece would at least give the subject matter 30 seconds of consideration.