Google is deepening its commitment to new modes of search: by voice, location, and sight.

Google on Monday announced: 1) the inclusion of real-time information in Google search results; 2) Google Goggles, an experimental image recognition system for Android 1.6+ devices by which users can submit search queries using snapshots of certain objects; 3) a “What’s Nearby?” location-based search capability in Google Maps for mobile (version 3.3); 4) Japanese language support for the iPhone and Android voice search apps; and 5) a plan to provide in-conversation voice translation across languages, starting in the first quarter of 2010.