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Google Acquires North, the Startup Behind ‘Focals’ Smartglasses

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Google today confirmed in a blog post that it’s acquired North, the Canada-based smartglasses maker behind Focals. Founded in 2012, North (ex-Thalmic Labs) first set out to create Myo, a gesture-based armband. The Focals app itself is also going to be removed from both Google Play and Apple’s App Store.

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Google Discontinues Glass Enterprise Edition Smartglasses

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Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s work-focused version of its iconic but once maligned smartglasses, is being discontinued. Google says in a device support FAQ that, starting March 15th, it will no longer sell Glass Enterprise 2, adding that it will only support the device until September 15th, 2023.

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Cloudhead Games CEO: Apple Vision Pro is an AR Headset Wearing VR Clothes

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In this Guest Article, studio head Denny Unger shares his thoughts on Apple’s entrance into the space. Based in British Columbia and founded in 2012 Cloudhead’s pioneering approach to VR gave rise to broadly adopted movement standards including Snap Turns and Teleportation. Does it frustrate me as a VR-centric studio owner?

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Hololens Co-inventor & AR/VR Pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev Has Left Apple

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Avi Bar-Zeev, Hololens co-inventor and longtime AR/VR stalwart, has left Apple, Variety reports. According to his LinkenIn bio , Bar-Zeev worked on Hololens (first dubbed ‘Screen Zero’, then ‘Fortaleza’) up until 2012 when he left Microsoft to found his own company Syntertainment.

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FORM’s Premium Goggles Introduce AR To The Swimming Pool

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Since the introduction of devices such as the Fitbit back in 2009 and the Apple Watch in 2014, the smart wearables market has gone from fantasy to reality, offering consumers a brand new, more convenient method for connecting with their digital lives. Image Credit: FORM. “I Featured Image Credit: FORM.

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Facebook’s Quest to Kill the Smartphone

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Apple and Google beat the billionaire social media magnate to creating the smartphone — the dominant platform underpinning the Facebook network. Companies like Google and Apple have done that instead. A year later, Facebook tried again to take on Apple and Google, this time with a branded smartphone, called Facebook Home.

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Vision Pro: What’s Real, What’s Hype and What’s Plain Dangerous

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Vision Pro is getting a ton of social media engagement after it launched earlier this month, which is great since people are finding out just how Apple’s first mixed reality headset can fit into their lifestyle. You won't find it in Apple's marketing but the Vision Pro is the ultimate cooking computer.

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