The futuristic and the real come together in the latest innovation presented by Google at the recently held Google I/O developer conference by the Palo Alto company. The tech giant announced a prototype of glasses that promise to translate multiple languages in real time.
Some of you may remember Google's first failed attempt to launch augmented reality glasses, Google Glass. On that occasion, the launch was a failure. The company has argued several times that the public was not yet ready to handle that type of technology.
In any case, in this new project presented by the Mountain View team, the differences are notable. The fundamental basis of Google's new glasses, which do not yet have an official name, is to facilitate communication between two speakers who do not share the same language. The new device can translate multiple languages in real time and also project the translation subtitles onto the lens so the user can follow the conversation.
The glasses do not look bulky or cumbersome. In fact, they resemble the glasses released by Meta in collaboration with Ray-Ban, which can take photos, record videos, answer calls, and play music. Google's glasses also include a microphone that captures conversation and transcribes it in the selected language, while projecting it onto the lens, visible only to the wearer.
But this was not the only new announcement Google made at its developer conference. It also stated that it already has an upgrade ready for its Google Maps service: immersive view. This is a hyper-realistic immersive mode that will allow users to navigate maps in 3D. To achieve this, billions of real images have been used along with artificial intelligence once again. It will also be possible to even visit the interiors of some of the main buildings in each city.
The major tech company also spoke at its I/O conference about the launch of its first smartwatch: the Pixel Watch. Not many more details were offered about the company's new project, but it was announced to arrive throughout the fall of 2022.
