Text based search is the most prominent search available on the Internet these days. Most search engines, with the exception of a few specialized ones, require text input to be able to crawl their databases for hits on the topic.
Google Goggles is a new application for the Android operating system that allows the user to perform searches by submitting photos or images. That’s an interesting concept in a handful of situations. Say you are a tourist and want to know more about a building that you spotted. Maybe you even know the name of the building but not in your own language.
Other applications include identifying artwork, looking up items like books or wine and scanning contact information on business cards to find out more about the contact.
The second use after being able to identify items is the ability to perform a search without having to type the search phrase into the search engine. Instead of typing in the title of the book that you are interested in you simply take a picture and let Google Goggles do that for you.
Google has created a video that demonstrates Google Goggles:
Google Goggles is available for cell phones running Android 1.6+.
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