Google’s AR head resigns, citing “recent changes in AR leadership”

financialexpress.com:

After months of turbulence for Google’s mixed reality devices, Mark Lucovsky, head of operating systems and software platforms for augmented and mixed reality devices, has departed the company. He announced his departure through a tweet on Monday.

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Lucovsky expressed in his tweet that the recent changes in AR leadership and the company’s unstable commitment and vision are the reasons behind his decision.

I have decided to step away from my role at Google, where I was Senior Director of Engineering, responsible for OS and Software Platform for AR and XR devices. The recent changes in AR leadership and Google’s unstable commitment and vision have weighed heavily on my decision.

It continues to remain unclear what leadership changes Mark Lucovsky is referring to in his tweet. However, reports suggest that it is possible that Lucovsky is referring to Clay Bavor’s departure in March of this year, who has led Google’s XR work since 2015.

When it tested Google Glass with developers in 2013, Google was one of the forerunners of mass-market augmented reality, but lately, things haven’t been smooth. Glass was killed off by the corporation, revived as an enterprise-only product, and then killed off once more. Project Iris, a rumoured new augmented reality product being developed by the internet giant, is said to have been abandoned this year amid a wave of company layoffs.

Glass was initially introduced in 2013 to a small audience with the intention of revolutionising computing. Users of the headset could view a modest bit of information and take pictures of their surroundings thanks to the head-up display and built-in camera that were provided.

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