Google’s Motorola Mobility recently
announced that it has acquired augmented reality and image recognition
company, Viewdle. Motorola has not yet disclosed the price of the
acquisition but industry speculation holds it between $30 million-$45
million.
According to a Motorola spokesperson:
“Motorola
Mobility today announced that it has acquired Viewdle, a leading
imaging & gesture recognition company. Motorola and Viewdle have an
existing commercial agreement and have been collaborating for some time.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.”
Found
in 2006, Ukrainian based company Viewdle now has its headquarters in
Silicon Valley. Among the company’s investors are Best Buy Capital,
BlackBerry Partners Fund, Qualcomm, KCP Capital and Anthem Venture
Partners.
We expect the Google-owned
mobile manufacturer to bring some new augmented reality or image
recognition features to some of its upcoming devices, and are excited to
see what they may be. Google has previously developed AR apps like
Google Goggles, and demoed upcoming heads up display glasses, in its
ongoing Project Glass endeavour.
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