Google has announced that it is putting an end to the Glass Explorer program. The company will move the product out from its ‘X’ experimental incubator.
Google has announced that it will stop selling the wearable computerized glasses from its Explorer program, which made Glass available for consumers, after Jan.19. The company will stop taking orders from next week, but will still support the companies currently using it. The Glass will now be a stand-alone project under the leadership of former Apple Inc. executive Tony Fadell who leads Nest Labs. Current Glass chief Ivy Ross will still be running day-to-day operations of the Glass organization.
“As part of this transition, we’re closing the Explorer Program so we can focus on what’s coming next. January 19 will be the last day to get the Glass Explorer Edition. In the meantime, we’re continuing to build for the future, and you’ll start to see future versions of Glass when they’re ready”
said Google Glass on a Google + post.
The Explorer programme, which gave software developers the chance to buy Glass for $1,500 was launched in the United States in 2013. It was then opened up to anyone and was launched in the UK last summer. Current users will still be able to use their devices and have them covered under warranty, but whether they will continue to receive official software upgrades is unclear.