Check out the new tool just launched to help you explore images called Google Image Swirl which incorporates brand new computer vision research to “cluster similar images into representative groups” in an exciting interface.
For example, if you search on Image Swirl for [washington], you’ll see 12 image thumbnails including President Washington, the Washington Monument, a map of Washington D.C. and the Capitol Building:
Once you find the group of images you’re interested in, you can click on the thumbnail and a cluster of images will “swirl” into view. For example, here’s what you’ll see if you click the image of the Washington Monument:
You can then further explore additional sub-groups within any cluster. You might recognise this type of interface if you have ever used the Google’s Wonder Wheel which is designed to help you explore related search queries.
Image Swirl currently works for more than 200,000 queries and Google plan to include more queries in the future. Available queries will auto-complete as you start to type in the search box, similar to Google Suggest so it will not work for every query just yet but give it a try and see if it helps you to find the image you want.
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