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Chris Parkinson walks up the stairs to his company’s office in the old Vancouver Barracks.
“We call this Fort RealWear,” the CEO says with a smile. The description is apt for an office that gives birth to rugged industrial technology.
When the pandemic hit, the demand for assisted reality devices, like those developed by RealWear,
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