Google Glass author heads to Amazon

Babak Parviz, a Google executive who led the development of the company's Glass wearable, has been hired by rival Amazon, a change that comes shortly after he stepped away as head of the Glass project, CNet reports.


Parviz confirmed the move to the e-retailer in an email to CNET, after he wrote about the change on his Google Plus social-media page over the weekend. He added that he departed from the Internet search-engine company Friday and already started at Amazon.


"The primary reason for the move is being excited about what we might accomplish at Amazon," he told CNET in an email.
An Amazon Web Services spokesperson confirmed the move, as well. A Google representative didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.


The switch could be a signal of Amazon's continued interest in developing its own hardware, following up on this year's unveiling
of the e-retailer's smartphone and a streaming-TV box, adding to its line of tablets and e-readers.