Otávio Good
American computer programmer
Otávio Good is a Brazilian and American computer programmer and inventor . He is the original author of Word Lens , the first augmented reality translation application that replaces printed text into the desired language in video without connection to the Internet.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Because of its potential impact on international travel , Word Lens received significant amount of attention[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] following its release on December 16, 2010,[ 4] including Wired ,[ 14] The Economist ,[ 15] CNN ,[ 5] [ 16] The New York Times ,[ 17] [ 18] Forbes ,[ 6] The Wall Street Journal ,[ 19] and MIT Technology Review .[ 2] To develop Word Lens , Otávio Good founded Quest Visual Inc. , which was acquired by Google, Inc. in 2014,[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] leading to the incorporation of the Word Lens feature into the Google Translate app in 2015.[ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29]
While at Google, Good became a spokesperson for machine learning efforts, explaining how it is possible to "squeeze" a high-quality convolutional neural network into a smartphone ,[ 30] and why machine learning is the "next underlying technology".[ 31] Word Lens feature was expanded from 7 to 27 languages of the Google Translate app in 2015,[ 32] and then to both simplified and traditional Chinese in 2016.[ 33]
Prior to Word Lens, Good was a video game developer and co-founded Secret Level, Inc. , which was acquired by Sega Inc. in 2006 and became Sega Studios San Francisco .[ 1] [ 3] In 2011, Otávio Good led the team All Your Shreds Are Belong to U.S. that won the DARPA Shredder Challenge 2011 .[ 34] [ 35] [ 36] Good was awarded the 2011 World Technology Award in the category IT-Software (Individual) presented at the United Nations headquarters [ 37] [ 38] and the Netexplo award in the category Innovation & Technology presented at the UNESCO headquarters.[ 39] for creation of Word Lens.
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^ a b c d e Armstrong, Natalie (April 19, 2011). "Word Lens app developer builds on social media buzz" . Reuters . Retrieved April 19, 2011 .
^ a b c Boutin, Paul (May–June 2011). "A New Reality: Applications that overlay information on smart-phone screen views will change the way we interact with the world around us" . Technology Review .
^ a b c d e MacMillan, Douglas (May 5, 2011). "Otávio Good's Instant Translator" . Bloomberg Businessweek . Archived from the original on May 9, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011 .
^ a b c Tsotsis, Alexia (December 16, 2010). "Word Lens Translates Words Inside of Images. Yes Really" . TechCrunch .
^ a b c Milian, Mark (December 20, 2010). "New iPhone app translates foreign-language signs" . CNN : Tech. Retrieved December 20, 2010 .
^ a b c Olson, Parmy (December 22, 2010). "Hot, New 'Word Lens' App Is Founder's First Project In Augmented Reality" . Forbes .
^ Hennigan, W.J. (December 17, 2010). "Word Lens enables iPhone users to instantly translate Spanish to English" . Los Angeles Times : Business/Technology.
^ Broida, Rick (December 17, 2010). "Word Lens for iPhone translates Spanish to English--in real time!" . CNET Reviews .
^ Darren, Allan (December 19, 2010). "Word Lens translation app planned for Android and more" . Tech Watch .
^ Yam, Marcus (December 19, 2010). "Word Lens App is Like a Magical Visual Babel Fish" . Tom's Guide : Software.
^ "Word Lens instant translation app launching on Android, plus global languages" . Expert Reviews . December 19, 2010.
^ Eisenhower, Rachel (December 21, 2010). "Cool App-titude: Word Lens" . Afcea International . Signal Scape .
^ Evans, Joel (December 21, 2010). "Instant word translations without an internet connection with Word Lens" . ZDNet . Archived from the original on December 22, 2010.
^ Sorrel, Charlie (December 17, 2010). "Word Lens: Augmented Reality App Translates Street Signs Instantly" . Wired : Gadget Lab. Retrieved December 20, 2010 .
^ B., N. (December 18, 2010). "Word Lens: This changes everything" . The Economist : Gulliver blog.
^ Kim, Ryan (December 17, 2010). "Augmented Reality Translations: Word Lens vs. Google Goggles" . CNN Money : Fortune Tech.
^ Grobart, Sam (December 17, 2010). "Word Lens: Una App Loca" . The New York Times : Technology.
^ Pogue, David (December 29, 2010). "The Pogies: Best Tech Ideas of the Year" . The New York Times : Technology.
^ Rooney, Ben (December 29, 2010). "Apps We Use: Word Lens [iOS]" . The Wall Street Journal : TechEurope.
^ Etherington, Darrell (May 16, 2014). "Google Has Acquired Quest Visual, The Maker Of Camera-Based Translation App Word Lens" . TechCrunch .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (May 16, 2014). "Google buys Word Lens maker to boost Translate" . CNET .
^ Hall, Zac (May 16, 2014). "Google acquires Word Lens app recently featured in Apple's iPhone ad "Powerful" " . 9to5Mac .
^ Winkler, Rolfe (May 16, 2014). "Google Tries Another Reality With Quest Visual Purchase" . The Wall Street Journal .
^ Tschorn, Adam (May 22, 2014). "Say what? Word Lens translation app is easy and free (for now)" . Los Angeles Times .
^ "Quest Visual is joining Google!" . questvisual.com . 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014 .
^ Turovsky, Barak (January 14, 2015). "Hallo, hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app" . Google: Official Blog . Retrieved January 14, 2015 .
^ Dougherty, Conor (January 14, 2015). "Google Translate App Gets an Upgrade" . The New York Times : Bits. Retrieved January 17, 2015 .
^ Rosenbloom, Stephanie (January 14, 2015). "Updates for Google Translate (Just Hold Up Your Phone)" . The New York Times : In Transit. Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ Ulanoff, Lance (January 15, 2015). "Hands on with Google Translate: A mix of awesome and OK" . Mashable . Retrieved January 18, 2015 .
^ Good, Otavio (July 29, 2015). "How Google Translate squeezes deep learning onto a phone" . Google Research Blog . Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
^ Good, Otavio (July 5, 2016). "Machines That Learn: A primer on neural nets and deep learning" . Founders Fund . Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
^ Turovsky, Barak (July 29, 2015). "See the world in your language with Google Translate" . Google: Official Blog . Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
^ Turovsky, Barak (May 11, 2016). "Translate where you need it: in any app, offline, and wherever you see Chinese" . Google: Official Blog . Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
^ Bingham, Amy (December 2, 2011). "Calif. Programmers Win $50K in Pentagon's Un-Shredding Contest" . ABC News . Retrieved December 2, 2011 .
^ Drummond, Katie (December 2, 2011). "Programmers Shred Pentagon's Paper Puzzle Challenge" . Wired . Retrieved December 4, 2011 .
^ Aron, Jacob (December 3, 2011). "DARPA's Shredder Challenge has been solved" . New Scientist . Retrieved December 4, 2011 .
^ DesMarais, Christina (October 30, 2011). "Apple Didn't Just Change the World, its Apps Did Too" . PC World . Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ Robinson, Bill (November 1, 2011). "The World Technology Awards" . The Huffington Post . Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ Dial, Minter (March 16, 2012). "MDE23: Interview with Word Lens founder, Otavio Good at Netexplo" . The Myndset : MDE23. Retrieved May 20, 2012 .
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