Canadian smart glasses going 'offline' weeks after company bought by Google

A pair of Focals glasses, which receive and send text messages, order Uber rides, display the time and weather and do anything Amazon's voice-based virtual assistant does, are shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Thalmic LabsTORONTO -- An Ontario-based tech company acquired by Google last month has told customers that its smart glasses will no longer work after Friday.

, North said Focals 1.0, its first generation of smart glasses released last year, will be discontinued. The wearables company also said it has cancelled any plans to ship its second-generation Focals 2.0.

Why the hell would anyone continue the journey with a company that just turned their purchases into expensive door stops?

doniveson yegmayorsoffice yegcc Why attracting tech firms is a waste of time and money. Here today gone tomorrow. Bought up by the big boys. We need real industry's.

Glassholes was coined for a reason.

When you have so much money .. to buy a company .. just to close it lol

I never even heard of SMART GLASSES

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