Company type | Private |
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Industry | Translation software |
Founded | 2009[1] |
Founder | Otavio Good [1] |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 1 office |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Otavio Good ( Programmer and CEO) John DeWeese Eric Park Bryan Lin Maia Good ( Software engineers) |
Products | Word Lens |
Number of employees | 4 (2014) |
Website | QuestVisual.com |
Quest Visual, Inc. was an American private company that developed Word Lens, an augmented reality translation application. [1] In May 2014, the company was acquired by Google, Inc. [2] [3] [4]
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 (Good, John DeWeese, Bryan Lin, and Eric Park,) and a contractor, Maia Good. [7] The details of the acquisition have not been released. [2] [3] [4] [8]
Quest Visual's first product, Word Lens 1.0, was released on December 16, 2010, [5] and was available in 2015 as Word Lens 2.2.3 for Apple's iPhone, iPod, and iPad through iTunes, [9] as well as for a selection of Android smartphones through Google Play. [10] It was unavailable as of 2021. [9] At Google's unveiling of its Glass Development Kit in November 2013, the translation capabilities of Word Lens were also demonstrated on Google Glass. [11] [12] [13] [14] According to a January 2014 New York Times article, Word Lens is currently free for Google Glass. [15] Google also made all Word Lens language packs freely available for a "limited time". [3] [4] [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]
Company type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Translation software |
Founded | 2009[1] |
Founder | Otavio Good [1] |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 1 office |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Otavio Good ( Programmer and CEO) John DeWeese Eric Park Bryan Lin Maia Good ( Software engineers) |
Products | Word Lens |
Number of employees | 4 (2014) |
Website | QuestVisual.com |
Quest Visual, Inc. was an American private company that developed Word Lens, an augmented reality translation application. [1] In May 2014, the company was acquired by Google, Inc. [2] [3] [4]
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 (Good, John DeWeese, Bryan Lin, and Eric Park,) and a contractor, Maia Good. [7] The details of the acquisition have not been released. [2] [3] [4] [8]
Quest Visual's first product, Word Lens 1.0, was released on December 16, 2010, [5] and was available in 2015 as Word Lens 2.2.3 for Apple's iPhone, iPod, and iPad through iTunes, [9] as well as for a selection of Android smartphones through Google Play. [10] It was unavailable as of 2021. [9] At Google's unveiling of its Glass Development Kit in November 2013, the translation capabilities of Word Lens were also demonstrated on Google Glass. [11] [12] [13] [14] According to a January 2014 New York Times article, Word Lens is currently free for Google Glass. [15] Google also made all Word Lens language packs freely available for a "limited time". [3] [4] [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]