Using a Mobile Phone’s Camera to Search For Information

by Richard Nantel on December 9, 2009

The Guardian’s Mercedes Bunz this week described a new Google app that allows owners of Web enabled phones with cameras to perform Google searches simply by pointing their phones at an object. There’s no need to type a search term into a field. The application requires Googles Android operating system.
Google Goggles: search the world by sight | The Guardian | Mercedes Bunz | 8 December 2009

The Guardian’s Mercedes Bunz this week described a new application being tested by Google, presently named Google Goggles, that allows owners of Web-enabled phones with cameras to perform a search simply by pointing their phones at an object. There’s no need to type a search term into a field. Here’s a YouTube video describing the application:

The application requires Google’s Android operating system. (RN)

Google Goggles: search the world by sight | The Guardian | Mercedes Bunz | 8 December 2009

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