Just downloaded the new "
Google Goggles" app for android-based smartphones.
It's really easy to use. You take a photo of something and then Google Goggles analyses it and gives you links to web sites and images related to the photo.
It didn't know what an orange sitting on a table was, but it easily handles barcodes, logos. It recognised "Philips" on a light bulb, but didn't get the light bulb as an object. For Moccona coffee, it gave me links to the parent comany's web site.
Along the bottom of the screen, it shows you an augmented reality display of the direction to nearby places and objects, displaying schools, universities, places to eat as well as many other places of business or other interest.
This could be really cool as the app and the cloud behind it learn more and more about what we see, where we are and how we see the things in front of us.
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