North drops Focals price, adds prescription support
Less than a month after shipping its first pair of Focals smartglasses, Waterloo-based North is adjusting the price of the wearable. “Everything from manufacturing…
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North now shipping Focals smart glasses
Kitchener-based North has officially started shipping its augmented reality Focals glasses. North currently has stores in Toronto and Brooklyn, where customers head in for…
eSight appoints Kevin Banderk, former Telus VP as CCO
Toronto-based eSight, creator of advanced sight-enhancing glasses for visually impaired individuals, recently appointed Kevin Banderk as its chief commercial officer (CCO). Banderk previously worked…
Orpyx partners with Alphabet subsidiary for virtual diabetes program
Calgary-based Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc. is working with Onduo, a joint venture between Verily (a subsidiary of Alphabet) and Sanofi for technology that helps…
Muse reveals Softband, a sleep meditation headband, at #CES2019
This week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Toronto wearable startup Muse unveiled its first soft headband designed especially for meditation as users fall…
University of Winnipeg working with Project Whitecard Studios on using VR to test cognitive function
A team at The University of Winnipeg is collaborating with Project Whitecard Studios to use virtual reality (VR) games for testing episodic and spatial…
eSight significantly drops price on electronic glasses for the visually impaired
Toronto-based eSight has announced a significant price drop on its sight-enhancing glasses for the visually impaired. The price has been lowered by 40 percent,…
North acquires Intel’s Vaunt AR glasses patents and tech
Kitchener-based North, the company behind smart glasses Focals, has acquired the patents and technology of augmented reality (AR) Intel Vaunt glasses, according to a…
North opens Focals showrooms, receives $24 million government investment
Showrooms for North’s Focal smart glasses have just been announced for Toronto, Ontario and Brooklyn, New York. Focals can be purchased at North Showrooms…
Is wearable tech back? (CanCon ep. 134)
The Canadian tech graveyard is filled with wearables companies that rode the 2012 hype cycle only to crash and burn when the money and…
InteraXon launches Muse 2 for a more holistic meditation experience
InteraXon, the creators of the brain-sensing meditation headband, has released the second edition of its product four years after first launching Muse. The Muse…
North (Thalmic) confirms pricing and availability for its smart glasses
One month after it was first revealed by BetaKit, Thalmic Labs has officially rebranded to North and announced its smart glasses product, dubbed Focals….
Launch Academy creating AR/VR hub
Vancouver technology incubator Launch Academy has announced a new facility for virtual reality (VR) and immersive technology companies. Partnering up with VR/AR Association Vancouver,…