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Conversation here on whether this would be a good acquisition for Google just got me thinking about Google's motivation behind Glass (a bit off-topic): 1) Goog
by saddino 14y ago
Conversation here on whether this would be a good acquisition for Google just got me thinking about Google's motivation behind Glass (a bit off-topic):
1) Google can (easily) make the argument that it needs to sample the image stream from every headset along with GPS/gyro to recognize "what you are looking at." These samples would be stored (of course).
2) Each sample can be OCR'd to recognize signage and contextual strings for searching that particular frame (e.g. thinking of every frame as a "web page").
3) Google can then "index the real world" with the image and contextual data.
Forget sending cars around taking photos. With enough users wearing headsets, Gooogle can build a searchable, virtual representation of the physical world.
And to get back on-topic: I'm surprised that the Word Lens guys didn't think of this (not the image mapping, but the signage/contextual mapping). Or maybe they have...
- mtgx 14y agoI'd love for Google to buy them and combine them with the Google Goggles team so they do something similar to the "offline voice" that they made for JellyBean. In the same way you could use the "full engine" when connected through the Internet (Google Goggles), but also still be able to do 80% of it offline through something like Word Lens.
- Ineffable 14y agoI have no doubt that at some point Google will start building some sort of integration between Glass and Street View. They're already starting to do what you're talking about with street view data - they're using ReCAPTCHA to OCR street signs and house numbers to try to get more accurate address information for maps.