Between the developer lab world tour and finishing Professional Android 2, I haven't had the chance to focus solely on building an Android app for far too long. It's been great to work as part of the Google team to put together something which (I think) is pretty incredible.
(Feel free to guess what you think is going on, but please don't ask me to comment on or confirm speculation. Posting these clips is as far as I'm willing to go!)
We've spent the last couple of days doing final testing in the English countryside. With that now completed, and the launch imminent, I'm going to stay a few days longer and take a well earned break. All will soon be revealed, but while you wait for the app to be available in the Market I thought you might enjoy some video clips I took during the development and testing process.
detects the animal face?
ReplyDeleteRecording farmyard noises?
ReplyDeleteHmm....
Identifying animals based on their noises?
Animal voice search?
ReplyDeleteIs this perhaps going to be released on the Market tomorrow Reto? ;-)
ReplyDeleteConference calls for animals?
ReplyDeleteReto is looking for new friends using its revolutionary application running on android.
ReplyDeleteThese video clips don't work in Google Chrome on my Mac (but do in Safari). You might want to ask a colleague to look into that ; )
ReplyDeleteThere is the possibility it could be a Dr. Do Little translation tool for farm animal language. It will identify the animal before conducting phonetic stressings analysis to tell if the animal is scared / healthy and then judging on some environmental factors it will establish the context of the animal's situation so that it can use this info to create elements of a conversation such as an introductory 'hello!' from a cow or an excited "I love you!" from a chicken. That's a small possibility. Perhaps more likely it displays pictures of animals based on their noises? Good to see videos! :)
ReplyDeleteMy money is on a Speech-To-Text input method for Animals. Firstly, the Google team has to define the language that animals actually speak with...
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Vet apps : detecting animal health by using breath ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnimal recognition by the noise they do.
It's an electrical brainwave scanner: you can determine different animals by their brain frequencies. Didn't realise the handsets had the right sensors though...
ReplyDelete5G in the countryside
ReplyDeletePerhaps an app to locate the beast of Exmoor? with an April 1st launch-date! hmmmm.
ReplyDeletefood tracking? from farm to supermarket for the consumer.
ReplyDeleteAnimal dialects?
ReplyDeleteMovie scenario management tool. You guys are preparing next Babe movie:
ReplyDeleteBabe: Pig meets Android
Google nose? Like Goggles, but does search based on farmyard smells?
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ReplyDeleteVery good teaser, Reto!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/translateforanimals/
ReplyDeleteApril Fools Much?
ReplyDeleteYou are setting up auditions with your face recognition app for a donkey on chicken porn movie!?
ReplyDeleteApril fools?
ReplyDeleteYep, another lame April fools joke... joy
ReplyDeletehahahaha! i was hoping to read some good april fools jokes today :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that radioactive sign makes me think of Duke NUkem 3D
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ReplyDeleteYou guys are all nuts.
ReplyDeleteThis is obvious evidence that Google is, in fact, RUN BY BARNYARD ANIMALS! They're going to take over! Ever read Animal Farm?
That's right. Mind = Blown.
See http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/translateforanimals/
ReplyDeleteOut of curiosity, will there be any more Android Developer Lab World Tours? I missed the current round, having only recently started to program in Android. I'm interested in learning from the pros if I get the chance to.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your book ... it'll probably have to be updated next year as well, seeing how fast Android is advancing.