Quest Visual
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| Private | |
| Industry | Translation software |
| Founded | 2009[1] |
| Founder | Otavio Good[1] |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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1 office |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Otavio Good (Programmer and CEO) John DeWeese Eric Park Bryan Lin Maia Good (Software engineers) |
| Products | Word Lens |
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Number of employees
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4 (2014) |
| Website | QuestVisual.com |
Quest Visual, Inc. was an American private company that developed an augmented reality translation software Word Lens.[1] In May 2014, the company was acquired by Google, Inc.[2][3][4]
Company
Quest Visual was founded by a former video game developer Otavio Good[5][6][7] in 2009.[1] At the time of acquisition the company had 4 full-time employees, Otavio Good, John DeWeese, Bryan Lin, and Eric Park, as well as a contractor, Maia Good.[7] The details of the acquisition have not been released.[2][3][4][8]
Products
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Quest Visual's first product Word Lens 1.0 was released on December 16, 2010,[5] and is currently available as Word Lens 2.2.3[9] for Apple's iPhone, iPod, and iPad through iTunes,[9] as well as for a selection of Android smartphones through Google Play.[10] At Google's unveiling of its Glass Development Kit in November 2013, translation capabilities of Word Lens were also demonstrated on Google Glass.[11][12][13][14] According to the January 2014 New York Times article, Word Lens is currently free for Google Glass.[15] Moreover, following acquisition Google made all Word Lens language packs freely available for a "limited time".[3][4][8][8][16][17] Word Lens capabilities were incorporated into the Google Translate app and released on January 14, 2015.[18][19][20][21] The company did not have any other products by the time of acquisition.[22]
See also
References
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- Quest Visual homepage
- Word Lens on iTunes
- Original video demonstration of Word Lens
- Otavio Good explains Word Lens 1.0.1 (interview with Reuters)
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