Google glasses to be manufactured in California

Google Glass to be manufactured off Foxconn factory in Santa Clara, California in the next few weeks. Google has contracted Hon Hai Precision, Apple's primary iPhone manufacturing partner — otherwise known as Foxconn — to assemble its eyewear at a facility in the US while many components are being sourced from Asia.

Google's Project Glass team yesterday sent out the first of up to 8, 000 invitations to individuals from the US who can purchase the $1500 Explorer Edition of the Glass headset.

There's no concrete timeframe for the devices to reach participants in the Explorer Edition campaign, however, and it's not clear whether Google will continue to assemble the devices at the US facility if and when it ramps up production.

The Financial Times notes the first production run does support US President Barack Obama's 'Made in America' push to bring more high tech manufacturing back to the US.