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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. T
by 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 agoYes, 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.