- Ray-Ban Meta Smart glasses are receiving two main updates
- The characteristics of the AI Chamber are being implemented in European countries
- Live translation tools are being implemented everywhere where glasses are available
After launching the improved characteristics of Meta AI to the United Kingdom earlier this month, Meta has announced another update of its Smart Ray-Ban glasses, and is one that will bring them closer to being the best tourist device.
This is because two characteristics are being implemented more widely: look and ask, and live translation.
Thanks to their cameras, their lenses (when asked) can take an image and use it as a context for a question that asks them, like “Hello goal, what is that flower called?” Or “Hello goal, what can you tell me about this milestone?”
This tool was available in the United Kingdom and USA, but now it is reaching European countries, including Italy, France, Spain, Norway and Germany; You can check the complete list of compatible countries on the Meta website.
On a recent trip to Italy, I wore my glasses to help me learn more about Pompeii and other historical sites while traveling, although sometimes it could be a challenge for the glasses to understand what reference point I was speaking because my pronunciation was not stellar. Nor could I get more information about a milestone until I knew what it was called, to be able to say your name to glasses.
Being able to take a photo and make the glasses recognize the reference points for me would have made the specifications much more useful as a tour guide, so I am excited to take a turn in my next European vacation.
What?
The other tool that everyone can get excited is the live translation, which is finally being implemented in all countries that support glasses (so that the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and European countries are seen and requested).
Its intelligent specifications may translate between English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Best of all you will not need a Wi-Fi connection, provided you have downloaded the necessary language package.
In addition, you do not need to worry that conversations are unilateral. He will listen to the translation through the glasses, but the person he is talking about can read what he is saying in the Meta View application on his phone.
Outside the face to face conversations, I can see that this tool is very useful for situations in which you do not have time to get your phone, for example, to help you understand public transport ads.
Together with glasses' signs translation skills, these new features will make their specifications even more an essential travel companion; I will certainly not leave them at home the next time I take a vacation.
