Google’s new ‘multisearch’ features hint towards an AR glasses future
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 5:09 am
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/11/googl ... es-future/
In April, Google introduced a new “multisearch” feature that offered a way to search the web using both text and images at the same time. Today, at Google’s I/O developer conference, the company announced an expansion to this feature, called “Multisearch Near Me.” This addition, arriving later in 2022, will allow Google app users to combine either a picture or a screenshot with the text “near me” to be directed to options for local retailers or restaurants that would have the apparel, home goods, or food you’re in search of. It’s also pre-announcing a forthcoming development to multisearch that appears to be built with AR glasses in mind, as it can visually search across multiple objects in a scene based on what you’re currently “seeing” via a smartphone camera’s viewfinder.
With the new “near me” multisearch query, you’ll be able to find local options related to your current visual and text-based search combination. For example, if you were working on a DIY project and came across a part that you needed to replace, you could snap a photo of the part with your phone’s camera to identify it and then find a local hardware store that has a replacement in stock.
In April, Google introduced a new “multisearch” feature that offered a way to search the web using both text and images at the same time. Today, at Google’s I/O developer conference, the company announced an expansion to this feature, called “Multisearch Near Me.” This addition, arriving later in 2022, will allow Google app users to combine either a picture or a screenshot with the text “near me” to be directed to options for local retailers or restaurants that would have the apparel, home goods, or food you’re in search of. It’s also pre-announcing a forthcoming development to multisearch that appears to be built with AR glasses in mind, as it can visually search across multiple objects in a scene based on what you’re currently “seeing” via a smartphone camera’s viewfinder.
With the new “near me” multisearch query, you’ll be able to find local options related to your current visual and text-based search combination. For example, if you were working on a DIY project and came across a part that you needed to replace, you could snap a photo of the part with your phone’s camera to identify it and then find a local hardware store that has a replacement in stock.