A bit of fun for the Christmas break: Take a look at these two video clips I’ve been saving up. The first is for all you who are old enough to remember Rubik’s cube. I could never finish it – I got to the first two layers and then the brain gave out. Watch this – it only lasts 15 seconds:
The second clip is so magical I’m not sure whether it’s a spoof or not. Here is the blurb, and then watch the video.
QuestVisual has released an eye-catching iOS app called Word Lens. Word Lens is an augmented reality app for the iPhone and iPod Touch (with video camera) which offers real time translation of text. You simply point your device’s video camera at a sign and the program translates and superimposes the translated text onto the video in real time.
The demo video shows it in action:
Ahhhhh they both look amazing. The dictionary has me a bit skeptical, but the rubik’s cube thing is just jealousy-inducing. I could never figure that thing out.
The Word Lens app is absolutely genuine, amazing stuff. It works just as in the video, load the app, hold it in front of a sign and the words change on the phone. At the moment it only supports Spanish to English and vice versa. New languages on the way. Give it a few more years and language differences will no longer be a barrier.
Like Cazienza I could never crack the Rubik’s Cube, I got very very bored and frustrated after a while. Remarkable to watch the machine do it, though. The dictionary is an enigma to me!