Identify Unknown Objects
Point your camera at items, products, plants, or tools and get fast identification with practical context you can use right away.
Smart Visual Search for iPhone
Identify Objects
With Your Camera
World Lens helps you identify objects, translate text, recognize places, read printed content aloud, and scan QR codes from one simple camera flow. Point, scan, and get useful answers in seconds.
- Identify unknown objects
- Translate signs and menus
- Ask follow-up questions
- Recognize landmarks and places
One Camera App for
Everyday Visual Tasks
World Lens combines visual search, translation, OCR read-aloud, landmark recognition, and QR scanning so you can go from seeing to understanding without app-hopping.
Translate Text in Context
Read menus, signs, packaging, and printed text in unfamiliar languages directly from your camera view.
Ask Follow-up Questions
Identification is only the start. Ask about what you just scanned to get explanations, comparisons, and practical next steps.
Scan-Based Chat
What is this place known for?
It is a major historical landmark known for its architecture, local history, and cultural significance to the city.
Read Text Aloud
Extract text from labels, notices, and printed materials, then listen with built-in read-aloud support.
Recognize Places and Scan Codes
Identify landmarks, open places in Maps, and scan QR codes or supported barcodes from the same camera flow.
How World Lens Works
From Seeing to Understanding
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From Seeing to Understanding
in Three Simple Steps
Open the app, point your camera, and choose what you need: identify, translate, read aloud, scan a code, or ask follow-up questions.
Open and Point
Launch World Lens and point your camera at an object, sign, label, menu, place, or code.
Get Results Fast
World Lens analyzes what it sees and returns the right output for your task in seconds.
Take the Next Step
Read, listen, ask follow-up questions, or continue in Maps based on what you just scanned.
Object Identification
Identify Unknown
Identify Unknown
Objects Around You
World Lens is built for a simple real-world moment: "What am I looking at?" If you see an unfamiliar item, product, plant, sign, or scene, point your camera and get a quick, useful explanation.
Recognize Items Fast
Identify products, plants, gadgets, and objects without typing keywords you may not know.
Get More Than a Label
See practical context, not just a name, so you can understand what it is and why it matters.
Built for Real-World Use
Useful for shopping, travel, study, and day-to-day moments when you need answers quickly.
Camera Translation
Translate Text From
Translate Text From
Signs, Menus & Labels
Point at menus, street signs, labels, and printed papers to get translation support in a faster, more practical flow. It is especially useful when traveling or reading foreign packaging on the move.
Translate Signs and Menus
Understand foreign text quickly from real-world scenes without copying and pasting into another app.
Read Labels and Packaging
Check ingredients, warnings, and instructions from labels you cannot read at a glance.
Navigate with Confidence
Read street signs, transit notices, and posted instructions while moving through unfamiliar places.
OCR and Accessibility
Read Text Aloud With
Read Text Aloud With
Camera-Based OCR
Capture printed text and hear it back clearly. World Lens uses OCR to read signs, papers, labels, and notices so everyday information is easier to access.
Read Aloud in Seconds
Scan text and listen immediately, helpful for low-vision support and hands-busy situations.
Capture Real-World Text
Extract usable text from mail, packaging, books, labels, and posted notices without retyping.
Accessibility by Design
Built to reduce friction so users can access surrounding information more independently.
Places and Landmarks
Recognize Places
Recognize Places
Around You Instantly
Exploring a new city or just walking a new neighborhood, World Lens helps you recognize landmarks, storefronts, and notable places in front of you.
Recognize Nearby Landmarks
Identify monuments, attractions, and local places directly from your camera.
Continue in Maps
Move from recognition to navigation quickly when place information is available.
Built for Exploration
Use one app to identify places, understand what you are seeing, and keep moving.
Quick Utilities
Scan QR & Barcodes
Scan QR & Barcodes
Without Switching Apps
World Lens also handles fast utility scans. Open links from QR codes, read menu codes, and detect supported barcodes without leaving the same camera experience.
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Open links instantly
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Scan supported barcodes
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One app, one camera flow
Link Found
Join "Cafe Wi-Fi"
Pay Bill
Visual Follow-up Chat
Scan First.
Ask Smarter Questions.
World Lens lets you go beyond a one-line result. After a scan, ask follow-ups to get clearer explanations, comparisons, and practical details.
Ask Naturally
Ask simple questions like care tips, safety notes, or usage details right after identification.
Context-Aware Answers
The chat uses your captured scene as context, so you spend less time explaining what you scanned.
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Travel-Friendly Context
Ask about signs, objects, or landmarks and get useful context that helps in real situations.
Keep the Conversation Going
Follow up on previous answers to get clearer recommendations and deeper understanding.
Built for Everyday Discovery
World Lens fits real-world moments: travel, shopping, learning, accessibility, and everyday discovery when you need quick visual context.
A Practical Travel Companion
Use one camera assistant while traveling: recognize landmarks, translate signs and menus, read labels, and understand unfamiliar places without juggling separate tools.
Landmarks
Menu Translation
Street Signs
Everyday Visual Understanding
Use World Lens day to day for product checks, label reading, QR/barcode scans, and quick decisions while shopping, commuting, or managing everyday tasks.
Products
QR & Barcodes
Smart Shopping
Learning, DIY, and Curiosity
Great for students, makers, and curious minds. Identify plants, art, parts, and unfamiliar items, then ask follow-up questions to learn more in context.
Study Support
DIY Parts
Follow-up Q&A
Accessibility and Read-Aloud Help
Support accessibility and low-vision needs by scanning printed text, notices, packaging, and mail, then listening with clear read-aloud output.
Read Aloud
Low Vision
Printed Text
FAQ
Common Questions About World Lens
Find quick answers about features, use cases, and how World Lens helps you understand what you see.
Get World LensWhat is World Lens?
World Lens is a camera-based visual assistant for iPhone. It helps you identify objects, translate text, read printed content aloud, recognize places, scan QR codes, and ask follow-up questions about what you capture. You can download it from the App Store ↗.
How does World Lens identify objects?
Point your camera at an item or scene and World Lens analyzes visual details to return a likely identification with useful context. You can then ask follow-up questions for deeper understanding and move from quick recognition to practical action.
Can World Lens translate text from signs and menus?
Yes. World Lens can translate text from menus, street signs, labels, packaging, and printed materials captured through your camera. It is built for real-world translation when you need answers quickly.
Does World Lens support read-aloud text?
Yes. World Lens includes OCR and spoken read-aloud support so you can listen to printed text from real-world scenes, which is especially useful for accessibility and low-vision use cases.
Can it recognize landmarks and open Maps?
Yes. World Lens can recognize landmarks and places, and for supported results you can continue into Maps for directions and navigation.
Does World Lens scan QR codes and barcodes?
Yes. It supports QR code scanning and can detect supported barcodes directly from the camera, so you can open links and act on visual codes without switching apps.
Who is World Lens built for?
World Lens is useful for travelers, students, shoppers, explorers, and low-vision users, plus anyone who wants a faster way to understand objects and text in everyday life. To get started, download World Lens on iPhone ↗.
Understand More With
Every Camera Scan
Identify unknown objects, translate text, recognize places, read text aloud, scan codes, and ask follow-up questions from one camera-first iOS app.
Requires iPhone or iPad running iOS 15.0 or later.