That's absolutely mind-blowing! This is sooo gonna be the next web search for Google – forget Gmail.
Please digg it here:
http://digg.com/software/Neven_Vision_Presentation_How_It_Will_Change_Our_Lives |
Via their venture capital backer, Zone Ventures, I found another video clip, from NBC which also shows their technology in action.
http://www.zmarties.com/picasa/blog/2006/08/visual-searching-via-mobile-phone.html
I wonder whether the mentioned car maker campaign will still go ahead this fall as planned? |
What if by some circumstances I get hands on let's say Sergey Brin's cellphone. I can search and download his photo from Google, make it fullscreen on my notebook and then just picture with the phone camera. I suppose the next thing is I have access to his e-mail and private stuff, right?
So I guess it doesn't beat the old 'login/password' security. |
Great, This presentation crashes firefox, can someone give me a summary? |
Stephen: here you go, slideshow ... http://josuemedia.com/google/neven_presentation.php |
Thanks, looks pretty cool and very useful |
This is far from a new idea. I've been using and writing about this type of search for years.
I have a lengthy link filled post (URL below) that offers links to research and demos of numerous visual search tools. Companies like Mobot, Semacod, LTU and yes, even Microsoft have demos and writing on this topic. Link is here:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/04/14/microsofts-camera-phone-search-project-and-other-camea-phone-search-tech/
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Weird, the presentation worked here... latest stable Firefox... |