By Nick
Lavars
July 20, 2022
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Google has previously demonstrated the potential of its AR
glasses to translate voice to text Photo credit: Google
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Google has
actually been developing this new set of AR glasses for a little while, and
back in May offered a glimpse of its progress so far. A video shared by the
company showed the eyewear being used to translate voice-to-text in real time
and projecting that onto the wearer's view, helping them understand speech in
other languages.
Google is set to begin publicly trialing its
new AR glasses next month Photo credit: Google
The scope of the new AR glasses may extend well beyond
that, however. Google says there are limits to what it can learn from testing
the glasses in a laboratory setting, and to offer functionality such as
AR-guided navigation it needs real-world factors like weather and traffic to be
taken into account.
The move will also help Google understand how they might be
used in the real world. The glasses will feature in-lens displays, microphones
and cameras, but won't be used to collect photos and videos, the company
insists. Rather, that onboard hardware will be used for things like menu translations
or to offer directions to a cafe nearby.
To begin with, these glasses will be publicly trialed by a
handful of Google staff and selected testers, with the program to kick off next
month.
You can check out the previous video on voice-to-text
translation below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj0bFX9HXeE
Breaking down language barriers with augmented reality |
Google
Source: Google