Google set to lead $500 million investment in Magic Leap: tech website

(Reuters) - Google Inc and other investors are planning to invest about $500 million in hardware and software developer Magic Leap Inc to deliver "cinematic reality", technology website Re/Code said, citing sources. Google is leading the funding round for the company, the website cited sources as saying. (http://on.recode.net/1tXLKnb) Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz may be one of the other investors in the consortium, Re/Code said. Google, Andreessen Horowitz and Magic Leap could not be reached for a comment outside of business hours. Magic Leap said in February it had raised more than $50 million to develop its proprietary technology platform. (Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bangalore; Editing by Ken Wills)