however, the company did not survive the 2008 recession, and in 2010 it was dissolved. its assets, including patents, were sold to foxconn which then formed subsidiary view link technology in singapore, with the mission to establish a new line of wearable near-eye systems for industrial, medical, and consumer use. in august 2012, mark spitzer, formerly a principal scientist at kopin corporation and the founder and ceo of microoptical/myvu, was hired by google as a director of operations at google x. in april 2013, google acquired several of microoptical/myvu patents from foxconn, who is in contract with google to manufacture the google glass in santa clara, california.