Two months before the launch of North’s flagship Focals smart glasses, senior product staff at the Kitchener, Ont.-based company warned executives the US$999 spectacles were buggy and cumbersome, and were being rushed to market despite having limited appeal to consumers, particularly women and people with disabilities.
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