Comments on: Google’s wine goggles

By: harry

harry — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:49:56 +0000

What will they think of next? Now all they have to do is link it up with recommendations of what food goes well with that wine and they’re onto a winner in my book!

By: Brently

Brently — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:34:14 +0000

I may just have to upgrade to a smartphone yet! I feel so archaic with an old clunker of a cell…wow guys, my phone actually can take a photo and never do anything after with it

By: Quale sarà il futuro dei sommelier? Pensiero lampo : Vino24

Quale sarà il futuro dei sommelier? Pensiero lampo : Vino24 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:15:45 +0000

[...] interessante, ho avuto modo di avere un’anteprima di cosa ci riserverà il futuro. Tramite Google’s wine googles si potrà avere una lettura da body scanner per quasi tutti i vini. Il progresso avanza [...]

By: Il futuro della comunicazione del vino in 10 mosse (tecnologiche) | Intravino

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:41:59 +0000

[...] Reality: Su questa già ci siamo sopra, vedi Gambero Rosso per i Ristoranti o Google con i suoi Goggles per il vino (capaci teoricamente di dirci tutto su ogni etichetta che incontriamo), e già abbiamo (proprio qui [...]

By: Scanners and wine don't make a good blend--yet | Dr Vino's wine blog

Scanners and wine don't make a good blend--yet | Dr Vino's wine blog — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:05:55 +0000

[...] of these technologies is a game changer for collectors or even casual wine drinkers, keep an eye on Google Goggles, introduced last week. Optical recognition just took a leap beyond barcodes with this technology. [...]

By: simon

simon — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:26:06 +0000

I think this technology has amazing potential, I would love a functional system like this when I’m selecting a wine, imagine the uses of it for finding antiques at charity shops and boot sales.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:04:57 +0000

Optical recognition is actually pretty standard nowadays. Here’s a fantastic demo of how it can be used to help consumers in real life (meaning, to actually help users, not to sell ads

http://tinyurl.com/yavmmd9

I do agree with your meta-point of course, such technology can greatly help when harnessed properly. Cheers!

By: EVO

EVO — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:32:49 +0000

I will have the chance to check it out on my brother’s Android tomorrow. I will let you know. Maybe we can video a demo.

EVO

By: Dr. Vino

Dr. Vino — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:56:40 +0000

Joe – I agree that Google search results for a wine may not be entirely what wine enthusiasts want (tasting notes and/or comparative price shopping). But the optical recognition step is huge. Given the huge number of existing wine labels optical recognition may seem like an insurmountable challenge to another developer. But the range of things google goggles apparently recognizes shows that it might not be that difficult for them. Again, it would be fun to demo the product.

By: Welcome Democracy | Viticultura y Enología. Siglo XXI

Welcome Democracy | Viticultura y Enología. Siglo XXI — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:31:54 +0000

[...] that I consider that already it is like a science fiction is the one post that was published in Dr. Vino, it is about the new application for the mobile Google’s wine [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:10:48 +0000

EVO – I agree that there needs to be a solid (if not profitable) business model. My point was that the Google model of always monetizing through search-connected-ads does not work here.

An iPhone style model in which a dedicated app accesses information you actually need (from the aforementioned sources) will work much better for the user, AND can be financially viable.

By: Bienvenida la democracia | Viticultura y Enología. Siglo XXI

Bienvenida la democracia | Viticultura y Enología. Siglo XXI — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:17:26 +0000

[...] ya es ciencia ficción es el que se ha publicado en Dr. Vino y la nueva aplicación para el movil Google’s wine goggles la verdad que es muy [...]

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:03:46 +0000

Would you personally use this, and if so, how? While in a wine shop?

By: EVO

EVO — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:57:03 +0000

I’m pretty certain that the demo wine mentioned in the article is not the same as the Malbec in the graphic.

I am also fairly certain that as a “demo” there is more yet to come. As Joe notes, pricing will be first and Wine-Searcher.com would be the place to start. Recently shopping for wine here in PA, I found a “Close-out” bin with what seemed to be good bargains. I used my Pre to look up the wines online and while it was somewhat clunky, having to type in for both “reviews” and pricing to get an idea on whether to buy (they were not bargains), the experience would be vastly improved by the ability to point and shoot the label, or perhaps the barcode.

Reviews will be tougher. CellarTracker.com will work if Eric is able to craft a formula from his data, but that seems a daunting task.

But, “keep your ads to yourselves, please.”

That epitomizes the difficulty of making a living online. It’s all supposed to be free, right Joe?

Whether it’s Google, LocalWineEvents.com, Dr.Vino.com or anyone else, FREE is an IMPOSSIBLE business model to maintain.

EVO

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:45:17 +0000

Why on earth would anyone want to see web search results when scanning a bottle? This is typical braindead google thinking. People want prices (wine-searcher) and tasting notes (from a myriad of paid services, and maybe cellartracker). That’s it. And keep your ads to yourselves, please.