It became known that Google left another important specialist involved in the development of augmented reality devices. This time, Google’s vice president of development Paul Greco, who managed to work on various AR devices, left the company. Business Insider writes about this, citing its own knowledgeable sources.

Greco joined Google in 2021 from Magic Leap, where he served as CTO. He first worked on Project Starline and later led the development of augmented reality glasses as part of Project Iris, which was shut down in the middle of last year. Work on Project Iris has been heavily curtailed due to Google’s intention to focus on working with Samsung to create an AR/VR headset similar to Apple’s Vision Pro. This work is being done as part of the Moohan Project.

According to the source, Greco’s team has been shielded from involvement in Google’s other AR projects. It is emphasized that Google management does not want other development teams working on the company’s AR products to have access to Project Moohan’s technologies. It is unknown how far Greco’s team progressed before leaving the company.

Although Google’s attention is focused on Project Moohan, the company still sees a promising future for AR glasses. Google engineers are trying to create a software platform that partners who produce hardware solutions for such devices can use. Previously, the media wrote that Google had two prototypes of AR glasses, known by the code names Betty and Barry, designed for the development of the platform program and demonstration of its capabilities. Since then, the company has created even more variations of its AR glasses, which it plans to show to potential partners.

According to the source, Google sees the upcoming CES 2024 show as an opportunity to attract a partner interested in the company’s software platform for AR glasses. Such a partner could be Samsung, for example. In such a case, companies are likely to make a special agreement.