and omar mehtab has been taking a look. part of my learning journey was to visit the v&a museum in london. and just being here in one of the special exhibitions, as well as the islamic art galleries, something started to stir inside of me — almost a connection to the ancient past. the pilgrimage is to mecca, the birthplace of islam. but many also visit medina, the second holiest city for muslims. now, i've not personally been on hajj — it's supposed to happen at least once in every muslim's lifetime, but only after you're settled and haven't got any debts or obligations. and that's not me at the moment, so i'm not gonna be there anytime soon. however, being here and seeing these artworks, especially from mecca medina, really makes me — makes me want to learn more about my religion and the culture that surrounds it. this is special. so the next leg in myjourney to learn more has taken me to a large space in south london where a dozen pieces of art relating to hajj are being digitised. they are from the khalili collections, w

but the idea does seem to be gaining ground now, as omar mehtab has been finding out. imals, food — no need to type, just take a snap instead, and you will get a result, and that's thanks to something called visual search. you must have seen it popping up in your amazon shopping app, perhaps pinterest, even snapchat helping you find and buy products online. and there are also more useful applications like aipoly vision, which recognises and describes objects to its visually—impaired users. but perhaps most powerful image recognition tool of all of them is the google lens. it's been around for four years, but now it seems to be having its day, with the company claiming they have over 3 billion users logged every month. and it's actually quite simple to use. first you point your phone at something — like my cat, here, neo. you press search, and then from there, the app asks google assistant what the object is that i'm pointing at. and it gives me an answer! it tells me he's a black cat, and, funnily enough, being a black cat, he might actually be good luck. didn't know th

but the idea does seem to be gaining ground now, as omar mehtab has been finding out. toys, animals, food — no need to type, just take a snap instead, and you will get a result, and that's thanks to something called visual search. you must have seen it popping up in your amazon shopping app, perhaps pinterest, even snapchat helping you find and buy products online. and there are also more useful applications like aipoly vision, which recognises and describes objects to its visually—impaired users. but perhaps most powerful image recognition tool of all of them is the google lens. it's been around for four years, but now it seems to be having its day, with the company claiming they have over 3 billion users logged every month. and it's actually quite simple to use. first you point your phone at something — like my cat, here, neo. you press search, and then from there, the app asks google assistant what the object is that i'm pointing at. and it gives me an answer! it tells me he's a black cat, and, funnily enough, being a black cat, he might actually be good luck. didn't

and omar mehtab has been taking a look. my learning journey was to visit the v&a museum in london. and just being here in one of the special exhibitions, as well as the islamic art galleries, something started to stir inside of me — almost a connection to the ancient past. the pilgrimage is to mecca, the birthplace of islam. but many also visit medina, the second holiest city for muslims. now, i've not personally been on hajj — it's supposed to happen at least once in every muslim's lifetime, but only after you're settled and haven't got any debts or obligations. and that's not me at the moment, so i'm not gonna be there anytime soon. however, being here and seeing these artworks, especially from mecca medina, really makes me — makes me want to learn more about my religion and the culture that surrounds it. this is special. so the next leg in myjourney to learn more has taken me to a large space in south london, where a dozen pieces of art relating to hajj are being digitised. they are from the khalili collections, which in

but the idea does seem to be gaining ground now, as 0mar mehtab has been finding out. omar more useful applications like aipoly vision, which recognises and describes objects to its visually impaired users. but perhaps the most powerful image recognition tool of all of them is the google lens. it's been around for four years, but now it seems to be having its day, with the company claiming they have over 3 billion users logged every month. and it's actually quite simple to use. first you point your phone at something — like my cat, here, neo. you press search, and then from there, the app asks google assistant what the object is that i'm pointing at. and it gives me an answer! it tells me he's a black cat, and, funnily enough, being a black cat, he might actually be good luck. didn't know that. so the lens app itself can translate text in front of you, where to buy a shirt, and it can even help you cheat on your homework. and with google's insanely huge databank, after years of searching and info gathering, the apps computer vision is pretty accurate, with machine learning