Google Glass ceases production 'in present form'
Company 'still committed' to wearable technology, but says Glass team leave Google X and become separate division
Google is to stop producing its wearable technology Google Glass in its present form, but is still committed to the idea of smart glasses, the company has said
The technology, which delivers news, messages and calls directly to a user's field of view, has been on sale in the UK since June, and in the US since 2013.
In a statement posted to its Google+ account, the company said the Glass team would move out of the "Google X" incubator labs and become a separate division under current manager Ivy Ross
She will answer to Tony Fadell - the chief executive of Nest Labs, the home automation company Google bought for more than $3bn last January - but will have autonomy to run the project, Google confirmed
The company said that the Glass Explorer programme, which closes on 19 January, was "a kind of 'open beta' to hear what people had to say"
"As we look to the road ahead, we realise that we've outgrown the lab and so we're officially "graduating" from Google to be our own team here at Google," the statement continued. "You'll start to see future versions of Glass when they're ready"
The company has given no specific date for when the next version of Glass might be available
has given no specific date for when the next version of Glass might be available
start to see future versions
the statement continued
are officially graduating from Google to be our own team
have outgrown the lab
as we look to the road ahead
which closes on 19 January
will have autonomy to run the project
bought for more than $3bn
the home automation company
will answer to Tony
become a separate division under current manager Ivy Ross
would move out of the Google X incubator labs
in a statement posted to its Google+ account
has been on sale in the UK since June
to a user's field of view
which delivers news
become separate division
still committed to wearable technology