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Title: Focals by North promise to bring smart glasses to all of us
Post by: HCK on January 11, 2019, 04:05:21 pm
Focals by North promise to bring smart glasses to all of us

It's not quite Google Glass, but it's poised to revolutionize smart glasses right before your eyes.

At CES 2019, I was able to sit down with the co-founders of a new type of smart glasses called Focals. These custom-built glasses provide bite-sized bits of notification information to you via a holographic display on your lens. There are two things that make these glasses unique. First, they're customized to each individual person's specifications — you have to get them fitted by an on-site optician. Second, they are actually good looking. They don't look like some weird style of Oakleys with a giant rig attached to them (no offense to Google Glass).

See at North

Focals look like everyday glasses. They're simple, traditional, and almost look like nothing more than a pair of glasses. Hidden inside is, however, a world of information, or at least convenient access to your notifications without distracting you from your current conversation.

After getting your custom-fit Focals...

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