"Character recognition technology enables instant language
translation for users travelling abroad and reading restaurant menus and
other documents," Docomo said in a statement. It debuted the device at
the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) fair, an
annual futuristic event in Tokyo.
The augmented reality (AR) Intelligent Glass is patterned after
Google Glass, an optical head-mounted display computer device. It
displays information in a hands-free format, communicable with the
Internet via voice commands
A man controls Google Glass using the touchpad built into the side of the device (Wikimedia)
Apart from menu reading and translation, the augmented reality (AR)
Intelligent Glass can make flat surfaces appear into a touchscreen. It
is also equipped with technology that allows users to look up somone's
identity through facial recognition.
