Security News > 2020 > July > Google buys AR smart-glasses company North

Google announced on Tuesday that it's purchased a smart-glasses company called North and, notwithstanding its failure to bring Google Glass wearables to the masses, still plans to caress our vision with the vast tentacles of its helpfulness.

From 10 blue links on a PC, to Maps on your mobile phone, to Google Nest Hub sharing a recipe in the kitchen, Google has always strived to be helpful to people in their daily lives.

A few months after that, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said that the move wasn't meant to imply that Google was sticking a fork in its internet-connected eyeglasses.

Now that it's being acquired by Google, that second-generation pair of smart glasses won't be forthcoming, North said in its acquisition announcement.

The original Google Glass became an infamous venture for the company.

News URL

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/07/03/google-buys-ar-smart-glasses-company-north/