# Google Goggles is Awesome **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goggles-is-awesome/531284 "2010-03-04T15:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goggles-is-awesome/531284/21 "2010-03-06T19:41:42Z")
CNBC had an hour long program recently called “Inside The Mind of Google”. One of the segments was devoted to Googles, and it really is a brilliant app. As cool as it is, it points to some really astonishing possibilities in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goggles-is-awesome/531284/22 "2010-03-06T21:24:05Z")
It’s pretty phenomenal. I’ve just tried it on the most standard of objects, the Mona Lisa, Starry Starry Night, and the Statue of Liberty, and it of course recognized them with no doubt. I got a MSEE specializing in DSP 25 years ago and this blows my mind. Back then, we were just speculating on how long it would take for speaker independent continuous speech recognition. Skynet indeed. I’ll try it on a few landmarks around town and see how it does. ---
**Author:** ![Bayesian\_Empirimancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Bayesian\_Empirimancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayesian_Empirimancer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goggles-is-awesome/531284/23 "2010-03-06T22:37:13Z")
So AR is upon us at long [last!](http://www.zealoptics.com/transcend/) Where machine and biology finally meet to transcend the human condition. I, for one, want my arm to be a lazar canon. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goggles-is-awesome/531284/24 "2010-03-07T19:32:44Z")
Isn’t “There is no possible way” from The 7th Guest video game(the telescope puzzle)? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goggles-is-awesome/531284/25 "2010-03-07T19:46:52Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > It’s pretty phenomenal. I’ve just tried it on the most standard of objects, the Mona Lisa, Starry Starry Night, and the Statue of Liberty, and it of course recognized them with no doubt. I got a MSEE specializing in DSP 25 years ago and this blows my mind. Back then, we were just speculating on how long it would take for speaker independent continuous speech recognition. > > Skynet indeed. I’ll try it on a few landmarks around town and see how it does. Is it able to recognize more common (i.e. not necessarily iconic) objects? Like can it recognize different types of fruit or a musical instrument? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goggles-is-awesome/531284/26 "2010-03-07T20:55:50Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Is it able to recognize more common (i.e. not necessarily iconic) objects? Like can it recognize different types of fruit or a musical instrument? If you watch the video on the [Goggles](http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/) site, it says that it can’t really identify generic objects (at least today!). It’s only 2 minutes long and gives a pretty good overview of it’s capabilities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-goggles-is-awesome/531284.md?page=1)