A Picture is worth more than a 1000 words
I don’t know if you remember but here about a month ago you guys gave me the liberty to include an off the subject topic from time to time- well here you go.
How would you like to be able to search the web without having to type words into a search engine, instead you show it a picture of what you want it to find? Check this out! Talk about cool!!
ER Search is a mobile search engine operated by Bandai Networks and powered by Evolution Robotics’ ViPR visual pattern recognition system. It works essentially like using a traditional search engine, but without having to type any text or go through complicated menus. Instead, users simply snap a picture of something they’re interested in and immediately get back relevant content, all in the palm of the hands.
As an example, KDDI customers will be able to take a picture of a music CD that would return links relating to the artist, hear clips from the album and purchase songs to download on their phone. If they are shopping for wine in a store, they can take a picture of the wine label and get expert reviews and recommendations on the spot. Or, if they are browsing through a catalog and see an item they’d like to buy, they can order it immediately by snapping a picture of the item on the page.
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