Google Glass isn't dead, now under focus of Nest's Tony Fadell: Eric Schmidt

Towards the end of January, Google made a shocking announcement that it was halting sales of Google Glass’ Explorer Edition which cost $1,500, leading to wide speculation about the demise of the Google Glass .

Now, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has told The Wall Street Journal that Glass technology is ’too important to scrap’ and will now continue under Nest’s Tony Fadell who will “make it ready’ for the future.

Schmidt called it a long-term program. “We ended the Explorer program and the press conflated this into us canceling the whole project, which isn’t true. Google is about taking risks and there’s nothing about adjusting Glass that suggests we’re ending it," he told the news site.

“That’s like saying the self-driving car is a disappointment because it’s not driving me around now. These things take time," he further added.

In the past Google Glass has received flak for invading people’s privacy and people owing the Glass were also nicknamed ‘glassholes’.

After the end of the Explorer sales, New York Times’ Nick Bilton did a detailed story highlighting exactly how the whole Glass project went off the rails. He pointed out how Glass had always been a prototype in the eyes of even those who were working on the project.

Recently, there were reports about how the device is still alive, but only for businesses. Wired’s Cade Metz had suggested the Glass is far from dead and had had pointed out several firms in the medical, industrial sector that still rely on Glass.