Otavio Good

Otávio Good is a Brazilian and American computer programmer and inventor. He is the original author of Word Lens, the first augmented reality translation application that replaces text into the desired language in video without connection to the Internet. Because of its potential impact on international travel, Word Lens received significant amount of attention following its release on December 16, 2010, including Wired,The Economist,CNN,The New York Times,Forbes,The Wall Street Journal, and MIT Technology Review. Good won the 2011 World Technology Award in the category IT-Software (Individual) presented at the United Nations headquarters and the 2012 NetExplo award in the category Innovation & Technology presented at the UNESCO headquarters for the creation of Word Lens. To develop Word Lens, Otávio Good founded Quest Visual Inc., which was later acquired by Google, Inc., leading to the incorporation of the Word Lens feature into the Google Translate app. Good previously co-founded Secret Level Inc., which was acquired by Sega Inc. in 2006 and became Sega Studios San Francisco. In 2011, Otávio Good led the team All Your Shreds Are Belong to U.S. that won the DARPA Shredder Challenge 2011.