Magic Leap Catches Flak Over Tricky Video

It turns out the awe-inspiring video Magic Leap unveiled last year is not a demo of its

still-secretive mixed reality technology, but a bit of sleight of hand from special effects firm Weta Workshop, which is credited at the beginning and end of the clip. Magic Leap's post -- titled "Just another day in the office at Magic Leap" -- claims the video shows a game being played around the office. The true nature of the video was exposed last week in a report published by The Information. "Most of us thought that video was a demo of the technology -- not a film created by a special effects company," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I expect some of the folks that invested in the company likely thought so as well, and that could be considered fraud," he told TechNewsWorld. The ray guns shown in the video apparently are Dr. Grordbort's Infallible Aether Oscillators, which exist in designer Greg Broadmore's satirical parallel universe. Weta CEO Richard Taylor, a founding director of Magic Leap, reportedly is collaborating with the firm on a mixed reality game set in the world of "Dr. Grordbort's Invaders." Magic Leap's Response Magic Leap founder and CEO Rony Abovitz launched a tweetstorm in response to the piece in The Information.