Intel Picks Smartglass Partner
Intel has announced a multi-year research-and-development partnership to develop high-end smart eyewear with Italian fashion designer Luxottica. The chipmaker also is expected to have silicon in the next generation of Google Glass. Luxottica also is a Google Glass partner.
Luxottica — which owns luxury brands Ray Ban, Oakley, and Persol, and licenses Chanel and Tiffany — hopes its partnership with Intel will create unique devices. Chief executive Massimo Vian told Reuters, “We’ve started to work on sensors which can detect, say, temperature or location.” The first Intel-Luxottica product is expected next year.