Otávio Good is an American

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 computer programmer and inventor. He is the founder

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 and chief executive officer

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 of Quest Visual Inc.

Quest Visual

Quest Visual Inc. is an American private company that develops an augmented reality translation software Word Lens.-Products:Quest Visual's first product Word Lens 1.0 was released on December 16, 2010, and is currently available as Word Lens 1.0.1 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, and iPod touch...

 Good previously co-founded Secret Level Inc., which was acquired by Sega

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 in 2006 and became Sega Studios San Francisco

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Sega Studios San Francisco, formerly known as Secret Level, was a San Francisco, California based studio owned by Sega.-Secret Level:Before being purchased by Sega, Secret Level was a small boutique studio who created original video games such as Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds, ported titles...

. Otávio Good is the original author of Quest Visual's first product Word Lens

Word Lens

Word Lens is an augmented reality translation application for the iPhone from Quest Visual. Word Lens uses the built-in phone camera to identify text, such as a sign or a menu, in one language and have the words shown translated into another language. The words are displayed in the original...

, the first augmented reality

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 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

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, The Economist

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, CNN

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, The New York Times

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, Forbes

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, The Wall Street Journal

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, and MIT

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 Technology Review

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. Otavio Good won the 2011 World Technology Award

World Technology Award

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 in the category IT-Software (Individual) for creation of Word Lens.

Career

• Co-founder of Secret Level (1999–2006)
• Founder of Quest Visual
  Quest Visual
  Quest Visual Inc. is an American private company that develops an augmented reality translation software Word Lens.-Products:Quest Visual's first product Word Lens 1.0 was released on December 16, 2010, and is currently available as Word Lens 1.0.1 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 2, and iPod touch...
  
   (2009–present)

External links

• Quest Visual homepage
• Word Lens on iTunes
• Otávio Good explains Word Lens
• Building 43 journalist Robert Scoble
  Robert Scoble
  Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technology evangelist at Microsoft. He is married to Maryam Ghaemmaghami Scoble. He has three children; one from a previous...
  
  interviews Otávio Good about Word Lens
• Otávio Good's personal website