Japan is preparing for the 2020 Olympics as early as now.
Japanese developers have recently come up with a device called "translation glasses."
The glasses, technically augmented reality glasses, can translate a Japanese menu in real time. They have been shown to the public at Japanese gadget fair, promising that it would be made available to visitors in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japanese developers at NTT Docomo has shown how its latest development of translation glasses work, by combining cameras, computers, and knowledge, to give viewers an entirely different view.
One of the many functions of the high-tech Japanese glasses serve to overlay the user's language-English for example-which then makes Japanese signs and menus instantaneously understandable and recognizable, as foreign-language signs are menus are extremely rare in Japan.
"Character recognition technology enables instant language translation for users travelling abroad and reading restaurant menus and other documents," Docomo said in a statement, as it showcased the gadget at CEATEC Japan.
Other functions of the glasses include turning any flat surface into a touchscreen. The mere touch of a finger ring delivers positioning information to the device, which has wearers "touch" tags ot make a quick internet search-similar to the technology found in futuristic movies such as the Minority Report.
Another function makes use of facial recognition technology that enables the user to look up someone's face, and look into the details of his identity, job titles, etc, from his smartphone directory.
The big reveal of the Japanese reading glasses comes half a year after Google's introduction of its Google Glass.
Google Glass also has translating abilities, but only translates through voice recognition, and Google has yet to incorporate Google Translate to its device.
Interest in wearable technology has been on the rise, with companies investing monstrous amounts of capital towards the development of wearable technology.
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