Google AR Glasses Prototype Shows Live Translate, Live Transcription For Better Communication

Last Updated on May 26, 2022 by Rupesh Patil

Google I/O 2022 gave us a lot to talk about. The search giant showcased its Pixel 6a, Pixel Buds Pro, the upcoming Pixel 7 series, the upcoming Pixel Watch, and even its return to the tablet ecosystem with the Pixel Tablet. Right before the event ended, Google CEO Sundar Pichai had yet another surprise for us. Pichai previewed Google’s upcoming Augmented Reality (AR) efforts for glasses and revealed that the company was working on AR language translation.

Google AR Glasses Prototype Showcased During Google I/O 2022

The CEO called AR a “new frontier of computing”. He rehashed the company’s previous announcements of the day, including the new Multisearch feature, the new Immersive View feature in the Google Maps, and the new Scene Exploration feature for the Google Lens.

Pichai said, “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”.

Google sees translation as one of the primary use cases of AR Glasses, wherein people will get to see a live transcript in their line of sight. The Google head confirmed that this was an early prototype that Google had been testing. “It’s important we design in a way that is built for the real world and doesn’t take you away from it. And AR gives us new ways to accomplish this”, he said.

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For now, there is no confirmation as to when Google will finally be able to pull off AR Glasses for the masses, but this is surely good news for those who have been waiting for the technology to be commercially available. What are your thoughts on the future of Augmented Reality? Do let us know in the comments section below.