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$2300 device (Magic Leap 1 headset) turned into brick by cloud security check that manufacturer no longer supports
https://www.magicleap.care/hc/en-us/articles/18878883445645-Magic-Leap-1-End-of-Life
Magic Leap 1 End of Life
5 days ago Updated
As of December 31, 2024 Magic Leap 1 is no longer supported. Magic Leap 1 will no longer receive OS updates or Care support.The Magic Leap 1 core functionality including the device and apps have reached the end-of-life. Also, the cloud services are no longer available.
We encourage you to explore how Magic Leap 2 can best serve your needs and how you can engage with our ecosystem to build on existing work, innovate on our new Magic Leap 2 platform, and take advantage of enterprise features and services.
https://x.com/slukas/status/1697060352146715052
This is my understanding: every six months the ML1 has a hard-coded security check to cloud query for authentication. If this doesn’t pass, the device cannot be used.If the cloud service shuts down, there is nothing to authenticate against, and the device essentially bricks out.