Another great from Google – Search by taking a picture!
This is available as an App for Android (exclusively on Android systems?); it’s downloadable on the Android Market and should come in handy when I return to Cologne this Christmas to do some shopping in the Christmas markets!
I’m bad enough when travelling through London filming everything as I go so that my Augmented Reality App “Layar” tells me stuff about what it sees and I’m constantly talking into my phone so that it searches by voice control alone – it’s pretty dam amazing, it’s only got it wrong a couple of times, which surprised me because voice control normally requires a dodgy American fake accent… Now I’ve got the power of Google via my camera, there’s just no stopping me!
This is what Google say about it:
A picture is worth a thousand words. No need to type your search anymore. Just take a picture.
Find out what businesses are nearby. Just point your phone at a store.
This is just the beginning – it’s not quite perfect yet. Works well for some things, but not for all.
Your pictures, your control. Turn on ‘visual search history’ to view or share your pictures at any time. Turn it off to discard them once the search is done.
Visit the Google Goggles page to find out more:
http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#landmark
