Intel said Friday that it has hired a pair of high-level engineers from Nike and Oakley to assist the company with building wearable computing devices.
Intel said that it had hired Hans Moritz, described as the man who led development of the Oakley AirWave heads-up goggles, to work at the "new devices" team being formed within Intel. Moritz has spent his entire 16-year career at Oakley, where he most recently led the integration of the Oakley Airwave smart ski goggles pictured above.
At Intel, Moritz will join Steven Holmes, most recently of Nike, where he was responsible for the end-to-end development of the Nike GPS Sportswatch as well as the Fuelband fitness tracker accessory. Holmes was hired by Intel a year ago. The Moritz hire was reported by the Intel Free Press, described as a news organization within Intel run by former members of its communications team.
Both will work for Michael Bell, a former vice president at Apple and former senior vice president for product development at Palm, who leads the "new devices" outfit. So far, Intel has said only that it plans a Roku-like set-top box to stream video to TVs.
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