Just a while after Google broke the news to the world, Google now officially releases the Visual Search to Android Market, and with an official name — the Google Goggles.  However, it is only for device running Android 1.6 and above.  I am holding a HTC Hero running Android 1.5, so no luck for me.  HTC, do you see this?  Please release the new firmware soon as we, the Hero owners, are losing a lot [...]

“Imagine you are on travel in Paris and you visit a museum. If a picture catches your attention you can simply take a photo and send it to the VMS service. Within seconds you will receive an audio-visual narrative explaining the image to you. If you happen to be connected to a 3G network the response time would be below a second. After the museum visit you might step outside and see a coffeehouse.” Hartmut [...]