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Otávio Good

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American computer programmer
Otávio Good
Otavio Good (left) Photographed at the Wikimedia Foundation inSan Francisco
Alma materUniversity of Maryland
Occupation(s)Video game developer (former)
Translation softwareentrepreneur
Known forOriginal author ofWord Lens[1][2][3][4][5][6]
TitleSoftware engineer atGoogle, Inc. (2014-2018)
Founder andCEO ofQuest Visual, Inc. (2009–2014)[1][2][3]
Software architect atSega Studios San Francisco (2006–2009)[1][3]
Co-founder ofSecret Level, Inc. (1999-2006)[1][3]

Otávio Good is a Brazilian andAmericancomputer programmer andinventor. He is the original author ofWord Lens, the firstaugmented reality translation application that replaces printed text into the desired language in video without connection to the Internet.[4][5][6]

Because of its potential impact oninternational travel, Word Lens received significant amount of attention[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] following its release on December 16, 2010,[4] includingWired,[14]The Economist,[15]CNN,[5][16]The New York Times,[17][18]Forbes,[6]The Wall Street Journal,[19] andMITTechnology Review.[2] To developWord Lens, Otávio Good foundedQuest Visual Inc., which was acquired byGoogle, Inc. in 2014,[20][21][22][23][24][25] leading to the incorporation of the Word Lens feature into theGoogle Translate app in 2015.[26][27][28][29]

While at Google, Good became a spokesperson formachine learning efforts, explaining how it is possible to "squeeze" a high-qualityconvolutional neural network into asmartphone,[30] and why machine learning is the "next underlying technology".[31] Word Lens feature was expanded from 7 to 27 languages of theGoogle Translate app in 2015,[32] and then to both simplified and traditional Chinese in 2016.[33]

Prior to Word Lens, Good was a video game developer and co-foundedSecret Level, Inc., which was acquired by Sega Inc. in 2006 and becameSega Studios San Francisco.[1][3] In 2011, Otávio Good led the teamAll Your Shreds Are Belong to U.S. that won theDARPA Shredder Challenge 2011.[34][35][36] Good was awarded the 2011 World Technology Award in the categoryIT-Software (Individual) presented at theUnited Nations headquarters[37][38] and the Netexplo award in the categoryInnovation & Technology presented at theUNESCO headquarters.[39] for creation of Word Lens.

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  1. ^abcdeArmstrong, Natalie (April 19, 2011)."Word Lens app developer builds on social media buzz".Reuters. RetrievedApril 19, 2011.
  2. ^abcBoutin, Paul (May–June 2011)."A New Reality: Applications that overlay information on smart-phone screen views will change the way we interact with the world around us".Technology Review.
  3. ^abcdeMacMillan, Douglas (May 5, 2011)."Otávio Good's Instant Translator".Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived fromthe original on May 9, 2011. RetrievedMay 10, 2011.
  4. ^abcTsotsis, Alexia (December 16, 2010)."Word Lens Translates Words Inside of Images. Yes Really".TechCrunch.
  5. ^abcMilian, Mark (December 20, 2010)."New iPhone app translates foreign-language signs".CNN: Tech. RetrievedDecember 20, 2010.
  6. ^abcOlson, Parmy (December 22, 2010)."Hot, New 'Word Lens' App Is Founder's First Project In Augmented Reality".Forbes.
  7. ^Hennigan, W.J. (December 17, 2010)."Word Lens enables iPhone users to instantly translate Spanish to English".Los Angeles Times: Business/Technology.
  8. ^Broida, Rick (December 17, 2010)."Word Lens for iPhone translates Spanish to English--in real time!".CNET Reviews.[dead link]
  9. ^Darren, Allan (December 19, 2010)."Word Lens translation app planned for Android and more".Tech Watch.
  10. ^Yam, Marcus (December 19, 2010)."Word Lens App is Like a Magical Visual Babel Fish".Tom's Guide: Software.
  11. ^"Word Lens instant translation app launching on Android, plus global languages".Expert Reviews. December 19, 2010.
  12. ^Eisenhower, Rachel (December 21, 2010)."Cool App-titude: Word Lens".Afcea International.Signal Scape.
  13. ^Evans, Joel (December 21, 2010)."Instant word translations without an internet connection with Word Lens".ZDNet. Archived fromthe original on December 22, 2010.
  14. ^Sorrel, Charlie (December 17, 2010)."Word Lens: Augmented Reality App Translates Street Signs Instantly".Wired: Gadget Lab. RetrievedDecember 20, 2010.
  15. ^B., N. (December 18, 2010)."Word Lens: This changes everything".The Economist: Gulliver blog.
  16. ^Kim, Ryan (December 17, 2010)."Augmented Reality Translations: Word Lens vs. Google Goggles".CNN Money: Fortune Tech.
  17. ^Grobart, Sam (December 17, 2010)."Word Lens: Una App Loca".The New York Times: Technology.
  18. ^Pogue, David (December 29, 2010)."The Pogies: Best Tech Ideas of the Year".The New York Times: Technology.
  19. ^Rooney, Ben (December 29, 2010)."Apps We Use: Word Lens [iOS]".The Wall Street Journal: TechEurope.
  20. ^Etherington, Darrell (May 16, 2014)."Google Has Acquired Quest Visual, The Maker Of Camera-Based Translation App Word Lens".TechCrunch.
  21. ^Rosenblatt, Seth (May 16, 2014)."Google buys Word Lens maker to boost Translate".CNET.
  22. ^Hall, Zac (May 16, 2014)."Google acquires Word Lens app recently featured in Apple's iPhone ad "Powerful"".9to5Mac.
  23. ^Winkler, Rolfe (May 16, 2014)."Google Tries Another Reality With Quest Visual Purchase".The Wall Street Journal.
  24. ^Tschorn, Adam (May 22, 2014)."Say what? Word Lens translation app is easy and free (for now)".Los Angeles Times.
  25. ^"Quest Visual is joining Google!".questvisual.com. 2014. RetrievedMay 26, 2014.
  26. ^Turovsky, Barak (January 14, 2015)."Hallo, hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app".Google: Official Blog. RetrievedJanuary 14, 2015.
  27. ^Dougherty, Conor (January 14, 2015)."Google Translate App Gets an Upgrade".The New York Times: Bits. RetrievedJanuary 17, 2015.
  28. ^Rosenbloom, Stephanie (January 14, 2015)."Updates for Google Translate (Just Hold Up Your Phone)".The New York Times: In Transit. RetrievedJanuary 18, 2015.
  29. ^Ulanoff, Lance (January 15, 2015)."Hands on with Google Translate: A mix of awesome and OK".Mashable. RetrievedJanuary 18, 2015.
  30. ^Good, Otavio (July 29, 2015)."How Google Translate squeezes deep learning onto a phone".Google Research Blog. RetrievedJuly 5, 2016.
  31. ^Good, Otavio (July 5, 2016)."Machines That Learn: A primer on neural nets and deep learning".Founders Fund. RetrievedJuly 5, 2016.
  32. ^Turovsky, Barak (July 29, 2015)."See the world in your language with Google Translate".Google: Official Blog. RetrievedJuly 5, 2016.
  33. ^Turovsky, Barak (May 11, 2016)."Translate where you need it: in any app, offline, and wherever you see Chinese".Google: Official Blog. RetrievedJuly 5, 2016.
  34. ^Bingham, Amy (December 2, 2011)."Calif. Programmers Win $50K in Pentagon's Un-Shredding Contest".ABC News. RetrievedDecember 2, 2011.
  35. ^Drummond, Katie (December 2, 2011)."Programmers Shred Pentagon's Paper Puzzle Challenge".Wired. RetrievedDecember 4, 2011.
  36. ^Aron, Jacob (December 3, 2011)."DARPA's Shredder Challenge has been solved".New Scientist. RetrievedDecember 4, 2011.
  37. ^DesMarais, Christina (October 30, 2011)."Apple Didn't Just Change the World, its Apps Did Too".PC World. RetrievedNovember 12, 2011.
  38. ^Robinson, Bill (November 1, 2011)."The World Technology Awards".The Huffington Post. RetrievedNovember 12, 2011.
  39. ^Dial, Minter (March 16, 2012)."MDE23: Interview with Word Lens founder, Otavio Good at Netexplo".Branding and digital strategy | The Myndset by Minter Dial.The Myndset: MDE23. Archived fromthe original on May 5, 2012. RetrievedMay 20, 2012.

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