Google Glass is taking a new direction under iPod creator Tony Fadell

In the wake of a recent reorganization of Project Glass, former Google Glass project manager Ivy Ross will now be reporting to Tony Fadell, in what seems to be a move towards the graduation of Google Glass from an experimental project, to an industry-ready development division, with a likely focus on enterprise, services and government applications.

Inventor, designer and entrepreneur Tony Fadell was the vice-president of the iPod division at Apple from 2006 to 2008. He made a name for himself in light of his contribution to the first generation iPod.

Since 2010, Fadell has dedicated himself to Nest Labs, the company he founded in 2010, when he invented the Nest Learning Thermostat. Google acquired Nest last year, keeping Fadell at the helm.

Fadell’s background makes him the logical choice for Google Glass, as the project has been stuck in an experimental incubator long enough for Google to either shut the division down, or create something greater with it.

There is no telling on whether, or when, Google Glass might be released to consumers again, since the company is reportedly in a review process of the feedback gathered so far. Taking into account Fadell’s contribution to Apple and Nest, and his involvement in many aspects of production and design, Google Glass might just have a chance to take flight, especially within the enterprise sector, where Google’s competitors, Apple and Microsoft, are making substantial efforts to gain ground.

While Google Glass has been met with criticism for not evolving in the way that it was promised, commentators have voiced that Google Glass is a product more fit for industry and services-related applications, than for consumers. Fields such as medicine, manufacturing or retail do seem more compatible with the device, and one could see the logic behind making Glass part of more targeted systems, such as point of sale applications and similar services developed by third-parties.