The Financial Times has published a new report which says that Google is all set to manufacture its head mounted display glasses known as Google Glass in the US. Quoting a source familiar with the project, Financial Times has reported that for this purpose Google has developed a partnership with none other than Apple’s famous partner Foxconn, which will assemble the HMD glasses on US soil in Santa Clara, California. As far as the components of the device are concerned, rumour has it that Google will source most of them from Asia, whereas the final assemble will take place in the US. Here are the exact words of The Financial Times for your eyes:
“Google is working with Hon Hai Precision Industry, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer better known as Foxconn, to assemble the sci-fi headset at a facility in Santa Clara, California, according to people familiar with the company’s plans.”
The FT report also claimed that the California-based factory will produce a “few thousand” units of Google Glass “in the coming weeks.” Mentioning the reason behind bringing the manufacturing stateside the report noted that it will give Google more control over the small scale and complex operation plus at the same time search giant will become a “high-profile example” of getting manufacturing jobs back to the US.
According to the report it will also enable engineers at Google to “be closely involved with the production process and provide more opportunities for last-minute fixes and for personal customization.”
“The small scale, high cost and complexity of the project’s initial run makes it practical to base manufacturing operations near the search company’s Silicon Valley headquarters, according to people briefed on the plans.”
Before Google Glass the assembly of the last product that the multinational company has brought to the US soil was Nexus Q streaming orb, but unfortunately Google quietly abandoned the product hardly after a few weeks it revealed the first ever media streamer from the Mountain View-based company.
Hopefully, this time Google is not expected to repeat history, as in contrast to Nexus Q streaming orb, there is a great hype about the Glass and the US-based company is also quite excited about the project.
However, for the time being Google is busy sending out invitations to the winners of #ifihadglass contest, which the company had organised in recently. On the other hand, developers and press who had signed for the program last year at Google I/O are also waiting to spend $1,500 on Glass.
Source: 9to5Google
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