Google Goggles Beginning of Mass Augmented Reality

Google Goggles is likely to be the beginning of augmented reality on a mass scale. It works by searching the web for information based on a picture or photo. Its been designed for smart phones as well as the chrome browser. Basically anything you see is what you can search. Due to concerns over a backlash from privacy advocates, Google has decided to blur faces that are used with the application. So it seems for now we have to live with only searching for objects and places.

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Google says this is just the beginning and I tend to agree. Its just a matter of time before smart phones become wearable glasses. Take the Vuzix wrap 920 for example which I've written about before. They are a pair of glasses that allows the wearer to see the environment as well as text overlays.

The Wrap 920 video eyewear user interface allows on-screen display control and is compatible with all audio/video devices with composite video-out. This means an affordable adaptor will allow compatibility to include video iPods, which allows anyone to enjoy Google Goggles as true augmented reality right now.

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