Meta’s Facebook has opened talks with the thoroughly tarnished augmented and mixed reality (AR, MR) vendor Magic Leap. Since its delicious fall from grace, Magic Leap has been force-fed humble pie, and a path to redemption seems to be on the table – by way of a zealous Zuckerbergian obsession with building the metaverse. Should Magic Leap become a key pillar of the metaverse, it would be quite the comeback. The current rumors point to a multi-year agreement, involving both intellectual property licensing and contract manufacturing for the required headsets. Magic Leap has been derided by Faultline in the past, but its most recent hope of salvation was an incredible $500 million funding round. This was secured to fund its…