The MobileLab research group at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) is working with Texas Instruments and GetFugu on next-generation human device interactions (HDI) technologies. In addition to good ol’ cash, both TI and GetFugu has an expertise to offer – the chip maker wants to extend the reach of its OMAP processors, whereas GetFugu’s has interest to make its mobile applications — “See It,” “Say It,” “Find It,” and “Get It” — become the standard for mobile-based HDI applications.
Basically what the parties involved try to do is develop technologies and applications like Google Goggles and Nokia Point & Find, and make them an integrated part of a mobile user’s experience.
In that sense, researchers from UT Dallas’ MobileLab are testing and running concept apps on the Zoom OMAP34x-II Mobile Development Platform, which should allow them to more easily acquire content, improve search experience and enhance voice and visual recognition capabilities.
No dates were given (when we’ll see something useful emerging from this co-operation), but I’m sure as soon as they have some working prototype, a new press release will be issued to wow us all. And that’s exactly what we wait for.
In the meantime, Google Goggles works for me. 😉