Google Glass may have failed, but the tech company is ready to invest in the technology once again with its new AR glasses.
Google gave viewers a sneak peek at its new AR glasses at the Google I/O 2022 on May 11. Through a short video that showcased what the company has been working on, it looks like this latest project of Google is after breaking down language barriers.
In the demo video, Viva and Yoshiko, one an English speaker and the other a Mandarin Chinese speaker, tried Google's prototype AR glasses.
Andy Boxall of Digital Trends said that the Google's life-changing AR smart glasses demo gave him shivers. He said that it's a piece of technology that he truly loves — the one that can change lives.
AR Glasses Offer Subtitles for the World
In Google's demo video, the AR glass users were able to see translations appear right before their very eyes. This is while they are wearing the device and conversing with another individual.
According to Mashable, it looks like those wearing the AR glass had subtitles following them around, just like a mobile 24/7 real-time transcription service.
In a blog, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, emphasized the importance of living in the real world with an emphasis on technology that assists in improving those real-world experiences.
It appears like Google learned its lesson from its Google Glass experiment nearly a decade ago, where privacy and safety concerns regarding the device were raised by critics.
Pichai highlighted in a blog how augmented reality can help improve everyday lives.
"These AR capabilities are already useful on phones and the magic will really come alive when you can use them in the real world without the technology getting in the way. That potential is what gets us most excited about AR: the ability to spend time focusing on what matters in the real world, in our real lives," Pichai wrote.
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Potential Uses of AR Glasses
If you have experienced communicating with someone using a different language, you would understand the difficulty of the situation. You would then know the impact of the AR glasses technology in your life.
You would usually use Google Translate to communicate with another person using a different language. While the app is useful and would solve the problem of language barriers, it can still be difficult and at times, awkward. The glasses would have changed that situation completely.
Pichai said that it can be challenging to understand someone who speaks a different language. He then noted what could possibly happen when Google use the advancements in translation and transcription to solve the problem.
According to CNET, one of the most interesting parts of its new glasses initiative is a focus on utility. The ability to be understood, or to understand, is actually useful. The glasses, in fact, are trying to assist.
The prototype glasses are focused on delivering language in a line of sight experience.
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