[AndrewKemendo]

Mr. Xu’s misuse and exploitation of Magic Leap’s image and goodwill is further manifested in Nreal’s shameless use of whales in its demo experiences

Are we patenting Whales in demos now? This is exactly the kind of myopia ML continues to have - thinking they were the first ones to use a whales in a VR/AR demo. I guess Intel was ripping off ML with Leviathan demo in 2014 [1] and theBlu was ripping off ML with their Vive demo in 2015 [2].

[1] https://ronaldazuma.com/Leviathan_at_CES2014.html

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFKbL-GU-_U

[fencepost]

Well if people are going to start doing things with animated space whales are they crediting Disney (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6eS8WUoKeP0)?

Perhaps the easy availability of royalty free 3d models is relevant (https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/animals/fish/humpback-wha...)? Perhaps Oculus Rift museum humpback whale VR back in 2015 was an inspiration?

[ETHisso2017]

Seriously? Whales in product demos is "image and goodwill" now?

In any sane, non Sinophobic climate, this would be laughed out of the room