North Focals glasses review: a $600 smartwatch for your face
Feb 14, 2019 · Focals might be the best smart glasses yet, but they’re still far from perfect. By Ashley Carman. Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales. Feb 14, 2019, 1:30 PM UTC. Share this story.
Review: Focals Smart Glasses by North - WIRED
Jan 29, 2019 · And that you might get the urge to take them off before the day is over, because they’ll feel heavy after awhile. Bottom line: Focals don’t fulfill the ultimate smart-glasses dream, but they ...
North Focals Review: Stealthy, Stylish Smart Glasses
Sep 19, 2019 · Focals offer a highly comfortable, snug fit and unprecedented style and design for smart glasses. It has basic apps like texting, directions and calendar, plus Amazon Alexa.
After A Year With North's Smart Glasses, Here's Why I'm All ...
Apr 10, 2020 · Adding to that was the fact that getting Focals to stay in place – and do so comfortably – is another issue. North's glasses weigh 68.3 grams – it can vary depending on the size, style, and ...
Focals by North Smart Glasses Review - Trusted Reviews
Oct 31, 2019 · Has the benchmark for Apple’s AR specs been set with North's new Focals smart glasses? By Chris Smith October 31, 2019 12:00 pm GMT. Focals by North Smart Glasses Review.
Are Focals the Smart Glasses You’ll Finally Want to Wear?
Oct 23, 2018 · Stephen Lake was never much of a fan of Google Glass. Shortly after his startup Thalmic Labs announced Myo, a gesture-control armband, in 2013, Lake and his co-founders, Matt Bailey and Aaron ...
Focals by North review: Excellent AR glasses that fall just ...
Focals. Focals by North are a great first step into everyday augmented reality. With limited showrooms and a $599 price tag, the Focals may be a hard sell to the average user. $599 (starting ...
Focals by North (Gen 1) review: Google Glass has a worthy ...
Dec 8, 2019 · North's Focals are a worthy successor to Google Glass, and seem to be getting even better with a second-generation right around the corner. If you’ve done any research on smart glasses, there ...
Focals by North review: The future is (almost) here - TechCrunch
Jun 18, 2019 · Who. Focals were created by North, a Canadian company backed by Intel Capital, Spark Capital and the Amazon Alexa Fund with nearly $200 million in funding. Around the time Google Glass was ...
North Focals smartglasses: Everything you need to know
Jun 6, 2019 · The North Focals could well be the first of a range of smartglasses to come out in the next few years. The glasses offer a number of features to make your day-to-day a little easier but are ...
North’s Focals are stylish Alexa smartglasses you’ll actually ...
Oct 23, 2018 · Here, the Focals are designed to be used with a bundled accessory, the Loop smart ring. Without it, you’ll see alerts but you won’t be able to interact with the glasses – there are no touch ...
Custom-made smart glasses pick up where Google Glass left off
Oct 23, 2018 · "Focals are a pair of everyday smart glasses that are designed from the eyewear-first perspective," Stephen Lake, North's CEO and co-founder, told Engadget. "We realized that it can't be like ...
North Focals impressions - Digital Trends
Feb 15, 2019 · North’s Focals, however, are a success. They’re the first smartglasses I want to wear, succeeding where Google Glass faltered. They look great, compared to everything else on the market with ...
Can Focals Prescription Specs Actually Make Smart Glasses ...
Oct 23, 2018 · Focals ($999 USD/$1,299 CAD) differ from the failed likes of Google Glass and other consumer smart glasses in that they actually look like regular prescription glasses. Vuzix has a similar ...
What North’s Focals AR Glasses Taught Me About ... - Forbes
Dec 12, 2019 · The next generation of Focals, coming in 2020, will sport a 7.5x increase in resolution to the display and have the 20x larger eye box mentioned earlier. The Focals 2.0 will also be dramatically ...
You Can Now Buy Focals Smart Glasses From an App
Sep 18, 2019 · Now, you can get fitted and buy the prescription (optional) smart glasses through an app. Focals allow you to control apps like Spotify, Amazon Alexa, Weather and directions with a coy ring. Since ...
Google buys AR glasses company North - The Verge
Jun 30, 2020 · The details of the deal, including how much Google paid, weren’t revealed. With the acquisition, North says it’ll wind down its Focals smart glasses functionality, meaning wearers who spent up ...
North Bought By Google: Shuts Down Focals 1.0 And 2.0 Smart ...
Jun 30, 2020 · Smart glasses-maker North has confirmed it is being acquired by Google, and it's bad news for anybody looking forward to the company's second-generation Focals 2.0 – or who currently uses the ...
Google has acquired North, the maker of Focals smart glasses
Jun 30, 2020 · Despite a $400 price cut at the start of 2019, North had reportedly sold very few of its Focals smart glasses to consumers, and the Globe says the company was running out of money before the deal ...
North discontinues Focals smart glasses, focuses on Focals 2.0
Dec 10, 2019 · "Focals 2.0 are truly the most advanced smart glasses ever made. We've further miniaturized the technology that goes into Focals by 40%, making the glasses lighter, sleeker, and more powerful with ...