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Magic Leap’s new feature will let you experience your hotel before you get there

Magic Leap has raised $2.6 billion and employs more than 1,600 people, with the majority at its Plantation headquarters. The company, which was founded in 2011, has not released sales on its first product. Tech industry publications have reported that sales have been slower than expected. Magic Leap has declined to comment.
Want to check out a resort in Aruba before you book? Now, using a special wearable computer, you’ll be able to immerse yourself at a great international destination before actually flying there.

The feature, or a location-based experience, is one of the new applications being touted by Plantation-based Magic Leap. The company on Tuesday announced an updated version of its Magic Leap One product, googles that provide “spatial computing,” or a computer-generated interactive experience.
In 2020, JetBlue Vacations will offer the chance for customers to explore one of their premier international hotel destinations using Magic Leap One. “The experiences bring the digital world into live events and physical spaces,” Magic Leap said in a news release.
Other ways to showcase the feature include pop-up experiences or permanent installations at sports venues, museums, trade shows and college campuses, Magic Leap said.
“We believe spatial computing has limitless potential to positively impact our lives,” said Rony Abovitz, founder and CEO of Magic Leap, in a news release.

The technology “is a seamless blend of the digital and the physical,” said Carlos Penzini, senior vice president at Magic Leap, last week told the audience at ITPalooza, a South Florida technology event.

“We’re now live in a world where you don’t have to play Fortnite on a screen. You can be running down Las Olas playing Fortnite,” Penzini said.
Magic Leap’s goal is to eliminate the need for screens, such as mobile phones, TVs and laptops for interactive technology experiences. “We’re going to look back on this era where we have screens and say ‘why did we have screens?’ This is so much better,” he said.

The company said Tuesday that its business version of Magic Leap’s wearable computer, priced at $2,995 — a $700 more expensive than its first model — also could be used for modeling buildings, generating virtual bodies for use by medical students and in surgery, staging houses for sales, and training workers.

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Florida is #1 for Women Owned Businesses

America Express recently released a report on the state of women-owned businesses:

When it comes to breaking the glass ceiling between the floors separating themselves from the C-suite, women in growing numbers — particularly in Florida — are using an elevator rather than a hammer by starting and running their own businesses.

That’s a big takeaway from the eighth annual State of Women-Owned Businesses Report commissioned by American Express. Florida, in the good news department, is ranked No. 1 nationally in the growth of women-owned firms since 2007.

Growth in women-owned firms

2007 2017 % Growth

U.S.

Firms . 7.8 million 12.3 million 57.6%

Employment 7.6 million 9.2 million 21.2%

Sales $1.2 trillion $1.8 trillion 46.2%

Florida

Firms 581,000 1.1 million 87.8%

Employment 470,000 505,000 7.4%

Sales $77 billion $99.8 billion 29.8%

The no-so-good news? The data suggests these businesses are small. The state ranks No. 38 in growth of jobs created by these companies, a 7.4% increase over 2007, and No. 31 in revenue growth, with sales volume increased by 29.8%.

Florida is followed in the growth of women-owned firms top five by Georgia, Michigan and a fourth-place tie between Tennessee and South Carolina.

Florida has an estimated 1.1 million women-owned businesses, employing 505,400 and generating roughly $100 billion in revenues, according to the report, which analyzes data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners, factoring relative changes in gross domestic product. “This new data demonstrates not only the remarkable impact women entrepreneurs have on our economy when it comes to creating jobs and generating revenue, but also the growing role of women-owned businesses in our communities,” says Julie Tomich, senior vice president of American Express Global Commercial Services, in a statement.

content sourced and aggregated from Business Observer FL

https://www.businessobserverfl.com/article/a-league-of-their-own