Because Intel makes chips, not actual products customers normally go out and buy, it is furiously building reference hardware based on its tiny wearable-specific processors to inspire others. Also, the company is at the same time buying well-respected firms already established in the business, mentoring those which are still growing, and partnering up with other massive companies not wanting to miss out on a trend said to be worth $5.8 billion by 2018. The latest of these efforts, and an extremely important one, is a multiyear R&D collaboration with Luxottica Group — the Italian corporation that essentially owns the eyewear industry; responsible for names such as Oakley, Ray-Ban, and Arnette, further armed with license to produce spectacles for D&G, Chanel, Prada, and many more major designer brands. These two industry titans — one an expert in fashion and retail, the other in tech and processing power — are teaming up to crack the smart glass conundrum.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:24:31 +0000