Yes, the Spacetop G1 AR laptop does exist. It is a real product developed by a startup company called Sightful.
Sightful (formerly known as Multinarity) has raised a total of around $61 million in funding as of 2024.
In September 2022, Sightful raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners and Tiger Global. This brought their total funding at that time to $24 million.
In May 2023, when Sightful debuted their Augmented Reality (AR) laptop called Spacetop, they announced raising an additional $33 million in funding, following a $28 million seed round the previous year.
Sightful's total funding amounts to approximately $61 million as of 2024, though I can’t find any information about friends and family rounds or early equity distribution.
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- It is the world's first Augmented Reality (AR) laptop that uses AR glasses instead of a traditional display screen.
- The AR glasses provide a virtual 100-inch display and are integrated with the laptop.
- It runs on Chrome OS (a modified version called SpaceOS) and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.
- The laptop itself has no physical screen, with the bottom half resembling a traditional laptop with a keyboard and trackpad.
- The Spacetop G1 is currently available for pre-order at $1,900, with shipping expected to start in October 2024 initially in the US.
It’s real. But, whatcha think?
Dell likes it. The Michael Dell family office and Dell Capital don’t generally mess around.
Norwest, Tiger, and Dell have historically chased winners quite well. DocuSign, Graphcore (artificial intelligence chip company), JFrog, MongoDB, Spotify, Opendoor, Plaid (fintech company, acquired by Visa), Upwork, Peloton, Stripe, Coinbase and Bytedance (parent company of TikTok) — to name a few you may recognize.
Shout-out to Tomer Kahan and Tamir Berliner. Best of luck. Respect!
Watch for some version of SpaceTop to work out well.
Introducing the world's first Screenless AR laptop!🤩✨
✨Yes, you read that right! The Spacetop G1 is a laptop that doesn't have a traditional screen. Instead, with Augmented Reality, you can create as many virtual screens as you need.
It comes with AR glasses that project ✨virtual screens right in front of you. The keyboard and trackpad are separate, allowing you to interact with the virtual environment seamlessly.
✨This marks the beginning of a screen-free era. Your ideal setup will exist in your virtual world, fully customizable to your preferences.
✨This innovation can enhance multitasking and improve focus. But will it mean more or less screen time?
An intriguing concept for the future of AR-powered computing. I'm eager to see how it unfolds.
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