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Title: Etsy co-founder's new startup is making what really looks like a mixed
reality magnifying glass

Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 22:42:47 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/etsy-co-founde...

Virtual and augmented reality are still pretty new frontiers with a lot of
potentially cool ideas yet to be developed. The latest product in the mixed
reality space could be coming from a startup called Dopple Works. Lowpass
reported that the secrecy-shrouded business from Etsy co-founder and former
CEO Robert Kalin is working on a new device called Loop.

Dopple Works has submitted an application to the Federal Communications
Commission. Many of the details are not publicly available, but that filing
indicates that Loop is battery-powered and will use both WiFi and Bluetooth
networks. Lowpass also unearthed a patent application that dubs Loop a
"dedicated hand-held spatial computing device." The application comes with
images that show a camera, speaker and tracking sensor that could capture
details on an environment, along with a screen for viewing the mixed reality
content.

At this stage, there's not enough information available to speculate on what
Loop's purpose will be. But the photos from the government filings do spark
some entertaining mental images of a future where people wandering about
doing their best Sherlock Holmes imitations with mixed reality magnifying
glasses.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ar-
vr/etsy-co-founders-new-startup-is-making-what-really-looks-like-a-mixed-
reality-magnifying-glass-224247515.html?src=rss

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