Google has competition for head gear

Google is not the only one interested in producing internet head gear.

The Taiwanese company, Himax, is working with numerous other companies who are interested in producing head-mounted gadget products. Himax has refused to identify who it is working with but says they are big.



“We continue to work with multiple customers, quite a few of which are top-notch names in IT or the Internet space,” said Jordan Wu, president and CEO of Himax, in a conference call with analysts. “Let me put it this way, they are all number one of something, and we have customers from all leading countries in the consumer electronics space.”

“These days, people take extraordinary measures to protect the confidentiality of their new product launches,” he said. “It is even more so for head-mounted products, because it is a totally new product category for everybody.”

In July 2013, Google purchased a 6.3 percent stake in the company, hoping to expand production at the facility.