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Re:Google Goggles by erikstarck on Monday December 07, 2009 @04:49PM (#982256)
First there was the internet of Documents (www).

Then there was the internet of People (social networks).

And the internet of Places (maps, LBS, still happening).

Soon we will see the internet of _Objects_ and something like Google Goggles will be the key driver.

Documents -> People -> Places -> Objects. What's next?

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Re:Google Goggles by wallflower on Monday December 07, 2009 @05:35PM (#982376)
Perhaps not Google. Maybe Google and Facebook.

Robert Scoble has an interesting perspective on the ambitions of Facebook.

"Phase 1. Harvard only.

Phase 2. Harvard+Colleges only.

Phase 3. Harvard+Colleges+Geeks only.

Phase 4. All those above+All People (in the social graph).

Phase 5. All those above+People and businesses in the social graph.

Phase 6. All those above+People, businesses, and well-known objects in the social graph.

Phase 7. All people, businesses, objects in the social graph."

http://scobleizer.com/2009/03/21/why-facebook-has-never-list...

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Re:Google Goggles by selven on Monday December 07, 2009 @08:00PM (#982694)
Fully integrated augmented reality. Once we get mind-machine interfaces working, we could have an application that looks at every object around you, checks which one you're focusing on and somehow the entire Wikipedia article on it is already in your mind.
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Re:Google Goggles by ntoll on Monday December 07, 2009 @07:24PM (#982633)
Documents -> People -> Places -> Objects. What's next?

You should check out FluidDB from the FluidInfo guys... http://fluidinfo.com/

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