Quest Visual

Quest Visual, Inc. was an American private company that developed an augmented reality translation software Word Lens. In May 2014, the company was acquired by Google, Inc.

Company

Quest Visual was founded by a former video game developer Otavio Good in 2009. At the time of acquisition the company had 4 full-time employees, Otavio Good, John DeWeese, Bryan Lin, and Eric Park, as well as a contractor, Maia Good. The details of the acquisition have not been released.

Products

Quest Visual's first product Word Lens 1.0 was released on December 16, 2010, and is currently available as Word Lens 2.2.3 for Apple's iPhone, iPod, and iPad through iTunes, as well as for a selection of Android smartphones through Google Play. At Google's unveiling of its Glass Development Kit in November 2013, translation capabilities of Word Lens were also demonstrated on Google Glass. According to the January 2014 New York Times article, Word Lens is currently free for Google Glass. Moreover, following acquisition Google made all Word Lens language packs freely available for a "limited time". Word Lens capabilities were incorporated into the Google Translate app and released on January 14, 2015. The company did not have any other products by the time of acquisition.