The concept of an IRL heads-up display has been a part of science fiction since basically the beginning. Big players have tried their hand at it with less than stellar results — most notably Google ...

Last week, a rumor surfaced that Google might be acquiring North, the Canadian maker of the Focals AR glasses. This week, the rumor was confirmed to be true. I have covered North since it started ...

“We are excited to announce today that North has been acquired by Google.” This is the first sentence you’ll see on North’s website. The Canadian company has been acquired by Google, and it sees North ...

Google has officially completed the acquisition of North, a Canadian company renowned for its fashionable smart glasses. With the acquisition, North’s development team joins Google to develop its ...

Google Hardware’s latest acquisition is North, a wearables computing company that most recently was making smart glasses that seemed like a successor to Google Glass. Google Hardware SVP Rick Osterloh ...

After a weekend of rumors, Google confirmed on Tuesday that it’s the new owner of North. Before today, the Canadian startup was best known for its Focals smart glasses. The wearable integrated a ...

Google today confirmed in a blog post that it’s acquired North, the Canada-based smartglasses maker behind Focals. The acquisition price wasn’t disclosed, however early reports suggested it was around ...

Nadeem Sarwar is a reporter at Screen Rant focused on TV and film news, covering casting updates, new trailers, and premiere schedules. Google has acquired North, the company behind the Focals 1.0 ...

I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of information and recommendations for game consoles and accessories, smart displays, smart glasses, smart speakers, soundbars, TVs, ...

I got a peek at North Focals 2.0, and they could be closer to regular glasses than anything I've seen before. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets ...

The lackluster launch of North's AR glasses just got a little context. The Logic obtained a letter from within the company, then known as Thalmic Labs, outlining a lack of or underperformance of ...