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Augmented reality headset maker Magic Leap has announced early partners for its Magic Leap 2 headset — a signal that the once consumer-focused company is still moving ahead with its enterprise-focused business.

[In a press release today](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/magic-leap-announces-health-technology-early-access-program-participants-for-magic-leap-2-301459403.html?tc=eml_cleartime), Magic Leap named four healthcare partners that are getting access to the device: clinical data visualization company SentiAR, neurotechnology company SyncThink, diagnostics company Heru, and surgical software tool Brainlab. The Magic Leap 2 is slated for more general release in mid-2022. It’s a smaller, lighter follow-up to the Magic Leap headset that [debuted in 2018](https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/10/17960722/magic-leap-one-creator-edition-shipping-continuous-us); in an interview with _Bloomberg_, Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson said it would be “slightly” pricier than its predecessor, which starts at...

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