RE: [The Unique Geek] Word Lens augmented reality app instantly translates whatever you point it at

[shag]

Wow.  That is unbelievable.  That's like something out of a science fiction movie.  I can hardly believe that's possible nowadays.

If they can do that nowadays, why can't they make jetpacks and rayguns as accessible?

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Subject: [The Unique Geek] Word Lens augmented reality app instantly
translates whatever you point it at
From: Cary Preston <cwpres...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, December 17, 2010 2:05 pm
To: Unique Geek Google Group <theuniquegeek@googlegroups.com>

Augmented reality and optical character recognition have just come into their own, beautifully intertwined into an instant translation app for the iPhone. Download Word Lens, pay $4.99 for a language pack, then point it at a sign and watch as it replaces every word with one in your native tongue. It's a little bit like Pleco, but without the whole language learning stuff. We just gave it a spin, and while it's not quite as accurate as this video claims, it's still breathtaking to behold -- especially as it doesn't require an internet connection to do any lookup. Sadly, it only translates to and from English and Spanish for now. Still, Babelfish, eat your heart out.

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