Google's Motorola Mobility buys face-recognition firm Viewdle

Google's Motorola Mobility, today confirmed that it had acquired the facial technology recognition firm Viewdle. According to report in CNET a Motorola spokesperson said,

"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."

Viewdle, which is based in Silicon Valley, creates apps which helps users tag photos automatically on their smartphones on Google Plus, and other Android apps and also use their smartphones cameras for augmented reality.[caption id="attachment_479190" align="alignleft" width="380"] Screengrab of the Viewdle website.[/caption]The Viewdle website reads,

We enable people to see the world through computer vision with face, object, and gesture recognition technology products that realize the full potential of the many advanced consumer devices that are now on the market—smartphones, tablets, and other camera-enabled devices.

Earlier in June this year, Facebook had acquired, Face.com, a facial-recognition site. Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google for nearly $12.5 billion. The terms of the Viewdle deal have not been disclosed.