Google is launching an amazing technology again, this time is ridiculously awesome and you’d agree with me, it is Google Goggles, no text for this technology all you need is an image to search information you are wondering, for example if you are somewhere far from your country and you see very high quality work of art but you are not familiar with, you can ask Google Goggles for answers.
It works like this, you are able to search your needed information using images not words or text. Use the camera of your phone to take a picture you found interesting, if Googles knows it, you will be presented with search results.
Since this technology is still quite new so far Googles only identifies Works of art, Wine, Logo, Places, Books, Contact Info Landmarks and products, and in all cases its ability to “see further” is rooted in powerful computing, pervasive connectivity, and the cloud:
- We first send the user’s image to Google’s datacenters
- We then create signatures of objects in the image using computer vision algorithms
- We then compare signatures against all other known items in our image recognition databases; and
- We then figure out how many matches exist; and
- We then return one or more search results, based on available meta data and ranking signals; and
- We do all of this in just a few seconds
Unfortunately, Goggles, as of today is only available for Android based devices. Hopefully, Google will make it available across other platforms like iPhone and Windows Mobile in the near future. You can try it today for free on your Android based phone by searching for it in Android Marketplace.
But bad news for Windows Mobile and iPhone users because Googles is currently only available for Android, but don’t worry, your turn will come soon after Google released for iPhone and Windows Mobile of course. If your smartphone is Android based phone you can try it for free in Android Marketplace
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