Privacy issues aside, Google’s XR smart glasses look to be an impressive leap in the device class as they take advantage of a paired phone to do the heavy processing. If these were completely hands free, they’d make a perfect device for those with limited dexterity or motor function in their hands.
Tag: smart glasses
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Subtitles in smart glasses
An interesting and useful application for smart glasses, real time subtitles in the lens. I am curious how well these will work in noisy situations like a crowded restaurant.
Meant specifically for the hard of hearing, the Captify glasses create closed captions from the audio they pick up with dual beamforming microphones, focusing directly on the person in front of you while cutting out any surrounding chatter. The speech is transcribed by your phone, which is connected to the glasses over Bluetooth, and the resulting transcription is projected in front of your eyes in glowing green text only you can see.