Originally published on October 3, 2013
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest mobile network operator, unveiled its "Intelligent Glass," prototype glasses that perform nearly instant translation of written text and a variety of other tasks, at Ceatec, a technology trade show based in Tokyo.
Text is captured by a camera mounted on the device and sent to a cloud server to be analyzed in real time. The translated text is then sent back to the device. This process takes around five seconds for the prototype.
The head-mounted display can translate between Japanese, English, both traditional and simplified Chinese, and Korean. It also features facial recognition software, which is able to provide a sort of virtual business card service for any previously inputted names and titles.
DoCoMo also introduced a ring that when used with the glasses can turn a flat surface such as a book or a pad of paper into a virtual tablet computer. The ring tracks your finger movements and allows you to play music, watch movies and check the time or weather, among other tasks.
The Japanese company says it hopes to have the device ready for foreigners travelling to Tokyo during the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
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