Augmented {Travel} Reality
Back in December word spread fast about the Word Lens iPhone app by Quest Visual. It’s a pretty amazing (or surreal) tool that real-time translates words from an image in front of your eyes. Right now the app only works between English and Spanish (and vice versa). Perhaps I was waiting for the French version to come out, but all the European languages are in the works. Regardless, it’s pretty cool what technology can do these days. Read more about it on Fast Company.
{Top image is screen capture from Quest Visual video above}
Brenna
February 9, 2011 at 9:28 am //
Wow! I’ve never heard of this! Amazing. But won’t that take the fun out of being confused and lost in another country ?? hehe
kay*(from india.with love)
February 9, 2011 at 5:24 pm //
wow! i’d never heard of this either but it sounds incredibly useful!
risamay
February 9, 2011 at 6:23 pm //
I read about this someplace else. Incredible stuff.
Brigid *FrenchLogic
February 9, 2011 at 11:51 pm //
Another reason to get an iphone. now that verizon has it, I have no excuse not to!
Arc de Triomphe hotels
February 10, 2011 at 6:15 am //
Technology is advancing.But many translators are threatened to be made redundant by all these self translating apps.