Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced plans to bring its visual search application Google Goggles to Apple's iOS platform. With this move, the company seeks to make the application available for iPad and iPhone users.
Google Goggles retrieves useful information from a picture a user snaps along with his/her respective GPS position. The application is already available for Google Android powered mobile devices via the Android Marketplace.
Still in its Beta, Google Goggles works on a few main things, such as books, business cards, artwork and landmarks. According to Google, future updates will make the product more effective and useful with more accurate and relevant information.
With Google Goggles, taking a picture of a book will take a user to Google Books, where the user could actually read the entire book online, assuming it is offered on Google Books. Google says the application also has facial recognition capabilities. The company has, however, opted not to include this feature for now, due to privacy concerns.
The current version of Google Goggles is in the process of getting approved by Apple, in order to have the app published in Apple's App Store.
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