Magic Leap warns users to update headsets over battery issue

Magic Leap sent owners of its AR headsets a warning that they need to update their devices due to an issue related to the battery.

Developers received the email Tuesday, April 28, less than a full week after massive layoffs on April 22 left the organization a fraction of its former size. The email to developers warns of a “critical” update to the software on the device because in “extremely isolated incidents” the battery contained in the processing pack for the AR headset “may expand or swell … when plugged into a charger continuously for an extended period of time.” The processor pack, called a “Lightpack”, is worn on the body during use.