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For the foreseeable future, 3-D searching is likely to see only specialized business uses. A Google executive calls the technology "interesting" and adds, "If it starts to take off, we'll look more seriously at it."
Web Searches - By Shape [cbsnews.com]
The article is a very interesting read.
The results can be startling. Draw a big potato, and the system responds with a bunch of, well, potato-looking objects - and a few urns. Those seem wrong until you rotate your potato, orienting it vertically instead of horizontally, and see your sketch actually does resemble an urn, narrow on top and bottom and bulging in the middle.
