Lucovsky built software for Google's AR products, including its recently canned "Iris" smart glasses.
He said that Google's "unstable commitment and vision" to AR weighed on his decision to leave.
Mark Lucovsky, a senior engineering director who was hired to lead work on Google's augmented-reality products, has left the company.
"The recent changes in AR leadership and Google's unstable commitment and vision has weighed heavily on my decision," Lucovsky told Insider following his departure.
Since shelving Iris, Google has sharpened its focus on building an Android platform to be used on an upcoming Samsung headset.
Persons:
Mark Lucovsky, Google's, Lucovsky, Clay Bavor, he'd, Steve Ballmer, Ballmer
Organizations:
Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Meta