Report from Engadget has revealed that "the optics savant that helped Google create Glass has just announced that he's "super excited"
to be joining Amazon. Babak Parvis was one of the original members of
Google's Project X skunkworks lab, and the first head of the Glass
project team.
Prior to that, the Seattle resident was a researcher at
the University of Washington where he developed the first contact lenses with integrated circuits. Later, he worked with Microsoft on research for blood-glucose monitoring contacts with Microsoft, a project he eventually brought to Google.
Parvis didn't say exactly what he'd be doing with Amazon, but projects like Google's Tango, the Oculus Rift and Amazon's new Fire phone and Firefly app
have made optics designers a hot commodity. Meanwhile, Glass is well
past the research stage where Parvis shined, so Google now has design
guru Ivy Ross in charge for a likely consumer launch."
Source: Engadget
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