Google Glass teams up with Luxottica

Google is teaming up with Luxottica, the group behind Ray-Ban and Oakley, to “design, develop and

distribute a new breed of eyewear for Glass”, the technology company’s computerised eyewear.

The strategic partnership will see Google and Luxottica working together on the creation of innovative iconic wearable devices that will “straddle the line” between high-fashion, lifestyle and innovative technology.

Luxottica has a number of eyewear brands but the two that will be utilised in the collaboration will be Ray-Ban and Oakley, which have a 10-year heritage in wearable technology that has evolved from MP3 to HUD devices. However, the announcement didn’t reveal any details about these new products, just that they would be disclosed at a later stage.

Andrea Guerra, chief executive officer of Luxottica Group, said: “We live in a world where technological innovation has dramatically changed the way in which we communicate and interact in everything that we do. More importantly, we have come to a point where we now have both a technology push and a consumer pull for wearable technology products and applications.

“We believe that a strategic partnership with a leading player like Google is the ideal platform for developing a new way forward in our industry and answering the evolving needs of consumers on a global scale. We believe it is high time to combine the unique expertise, deep knowledge and quality of our Group with the cutting edge technology expertise of Google and give birth to a new generation of revolutionary devices.”