I Wore Meta Ray-Bans in Montreal to Test Their AI Translation Skills. It Did Not Go Well

  • 📰 WIRED
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 25 sec. here
  • 6 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 27%
  • Publisher: 51%

Meta News

Augmented Reality,Travel,Translation

WIRED took Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses to French-speaking Canada to trial its AI smarts. Quelle catastrophe!

Imagine you’ve just arrived in another country, you don’t speak the language, and you stumble upon a construction zone. The air is thick with dust. You’re tired. You still stink like airplane. You try to ignore the jackhammers to decipher what the signs say: Do you need to cross the street, or walk up another block, or turn around? I was in exactly such a situation this week, but I came prepared.

When I came across a plaque explaining that I was standing at the site of an old bridge, it relayed that information, but omitted details included on the original sign, like the date completed. Traveling with friends or family? Warning: There’s no speaker option. After meeting up with friends, I was disappointed that there was no way for them to hear Meta’s responses to questions. Right now, there’s just a handful of languages supported: Spanish, Italian, French, and German.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 555. in TECHNOLOGY

Technology Technology Latest News, Technology Technology Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses are attracting more potential manufacturersAbdullah is an ardent believer in the future of VR, and can't wait to see what more it brings to the table as technology improves. He enjoys covering new software releases in the XR industry, as well as major news about hardware and companies focused on VR.
Source: PhoneArena - 🏆 322. / 59 Read more »

Sorry, VR: The Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarers Are the Best Face ComputerFinally! An AI-enabled face computer that's comfortable, useful, attractive, and not completely humiliating to wear.
Source: WIRED - 🏆 555. / 51 Read more »

Apple gave Meta competition, so Meta is making Quest 3 like the Vision ProAbdullah is an ardent believer in the future of VR, and can't wait to see what more it brings to the table as technology improves. He enjoys covering new software releases in the XR industry, as well as major news about hardware and companies focused on VR.
Source: PhoneArena - 🏆 322. / 59 Read more »