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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Translation software |
| Founded | 2009 (2009)[1] |
| Founder | Otavio Good[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 1 office |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Otavio Good (Programmer and CEO) John DeWeese Eric Park Bryan Lin Maia Good (Software engineers) |
| Products | Word Lens |
Number of employees | 4(2014) |
| Website | QuestVisual.com |
Quest Visual, Inc. was an American private company that developed Word Lens, an augmented reality translation application.[1] In May 2014, the company was acquired by Google, Inc.[2][3][4]
Quest Visual was founded by a former video game developer Otavio Good[5][6][7] in 2009.[1] At the time of acquisition, the company had 4 full-time employees (Good, John DeWeese, Bryan Lin, and Eric Park,) and a contractor, Maia Good.[7] The details of the acquisition have not been released.[2][3][4][8]
Quest Visual's first product, Word Lens 1.0, was released on December 16, 2010,[5] and was available in 2015 as Word Lens 2.2.3 for Apple's iPhone, iPod, and iPad through iTunes,[9] as well as for a selection of Android smartphones through Google Play.[10] It was unavailable as of 2021.[9]AtGoogle's unveiling of its Glass Development Kit in November 2013, the translation capabilities of Word Lens were also demonstrated on Google Glass.[11][12][13][14] According to a January 2014 New York Times article, Word Lens is currently free for Google Glass.[15] Google also made all Word Lens language packs freely available for a "limited time".[3][4][8][16][17] Word Lens capabilities were incorporated into the Google Translate app and released on January 14, 2015.[18][19][20][21] The company did not have any other products by the time of acquisition.[22]
