Luxottica CEO Says Partnering on Next Version of Google Glass

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By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 25 April 2015 14:25 IST
Italian eyewear maker Luxottica has announced it is working with Google to build version 2.0 of the eye wearable Google Glass device.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Luxottica's CEO Massimo Vian told the company's general meeting in Milan that it is "now working on Google Glass version 2 which is in preparation".

"The partnership with the US tech giant to build Glass is going ahead," Vian added.

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Vian, however, did not give any details about specific timing for the launch of the next version of the product.

"In Google, there are some second thoughts on how to interpret version 3 (of the eyewear)," Vian told shareholders during the meeting.

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"What you saw was version 1. We are now working on version 2 which is in preparation."

A Google spokeswoman said that "the team is heads down building the future of the product," but declined to comment on specifics.

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Google Glass was unveiled as a prototype in 2012. It was distributed to a select group of people as part of Explorer programme who paid $1,500 to be early adopters.

On January 19 this year, Google quietly suspended selling Google Glass to consumers while continuing to support Glass as an enterprise product.

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Later, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt announced that Glass has been put under the watch of Tony Fadell, head of Google's Nest connected home division, "to make it ready for users."

 

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