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It's probably too early, but Amazon (via North's AR glasses they invested in) might have beat them in terms of creating a great AR glasses experience. North Fo

It's probably too early, but Amazon (via North's AR glasses they invested in) might have beat them in terms of creating a great AR glasses experience. North Focals AR glasses in their first iteration are getting good reviews (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=north+focal+ar+glasses+reviews&t=ffab&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=north+focal+ar+glasses+reviews&t=f...) and look intriguing. Also, I tried on a pair of Bose audio AR sunglasses and was really impressed; felt obvious ... use your glasses to listen to audio from your phone, as well get audio AR info say at national monuments to wherever. Personally I'd buy AR sunglasses ones that merge North with Bose in a heartbeat. Who doesn't wear sunglasses already?

webmobdev 8y ago
And this has something to do with Buffet selling his Oracle shares .... ??
karlding 8y ago
For what it's worth, North recently laid off 150 of their employees [0] and the Canadian government is pulling their 18 million investment [1] in the company. There's some discussion about this on the /r/uwaterloo subreddit [2], as well as the regional /r/waterloo reddit. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236253/north-focals-smart-glasses-150-employee-lay-offs https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236253/north-focals-sma... [1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236695/north-focals-layoffs-canadian-government-navdeep-bains-funding https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236695/north-focals-lay... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/aubwpm/north_thalmic_labs_lays_off_150_employees_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/aubwpm/north_tha...
- paul7986 8y ago
  Yes, I did see this news. Also , a week before or so saw reports of the guy at Apple heading up their glasses initiative had left the company. Still North looks like a huge leap from any AR glasses out there.
solarkraft 8y ago
> Who doesn't wear sunglasses already? Me, for one.
- ck425 8y ago
  Or basically anyone in the UK.

webmobdev 8y ago

And this has something to do with Buffet selling his Oracle shares .... ??

karlding 8y ago

For what it's worth, North recently laid off 150 of their employees [0] and the Canadian government is pulling their 18 million investment [1] in the company. There's some discussion about this on the /r/uwaterloo subreddit [2], as well as the regional /r/waterloo reddit. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236253/north-focals-smart-glasses-150-employee-lay-offs https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236253/north-focals-sma... [1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236695/north-focals-layoffs-canadian-government-navdeep-bains-funding https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18236695/north-focals-lay... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/aubwpm/north_thalmic_labs_lays_off_150_employees_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/aubwpm/north_tha...

paul7986 8y ago
Yes, I did see this news. Also , a week before or so saw reports of the guy at Apple heading up their glasses initiative had left the company. Still North looks like a huge leap from any AR glasses out there.

solarkraft 8y ago

> Who doesn't wear sunglasses already? Me, for one.

ck425 8y ago
Or basically anyone in the UK.