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Yet another missed opportunity to call it Google Goggles. Not serious enough of a name? Release a product and people will take the project more seriously.
by iLoch 11y ago
Yet another missed opportunity to call it Google Goggles. Not serious enough of a name? Release a product and people will take the project more seriously.
- sillypog 11y agoGood news! You can get Google Goggles today in the Play store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.unveil&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and.... It is an image recognition app that came with the Nexus One. I used it a couple of times and it didn't recognize anything.
- netrus 11y agoTry it in an art gallery. It will substantially improve your experience. You find anything remotely interesting? Here is its Wikipedia article. And the artist's. And a poster shop were you can order it. And you have a picture of the object to get back to later. It'S something like an universal museum app - I love it.
- jfim 11y agoGoogle Goggles is the name of their mobile image search app.
- r00fus 11y agoApple repurposes brands all the time e.g. iBooks. Just rename the old product a while before launching the new one...