00:02At a meeting, eating out, or hailing a taxi, I would always wear them.
00:08We can speak our own words in our own language. It's amazing.
00:11Hello and welcome to Crossing Cultures.
00:14In this series, we look at new technologies that are changing everyday life.
00:18And our first topic is AI glasses.
00:21My co-host Yang Zhao went to one of the largest electronics markets in the world here in Shenzhen.
00:28Yang, over to you.
00:35More than half of the world's AI glasses are made here in China.
00:39And if you want to see how fast China reacts to this new piece of tack, this is a pretty
00:44good place to start.
00:51Every day, thousands of visitors come to Huaqiangbei to try out AI glasses.
00:56Juanita was one of them, although buying a pair wasn't part of her plan.
01:02I really struggled without an interpreter here in China.
01:06And someone had suggested I look at the new smart glasses, AI glasses.
01:10That could actually do the translation in real time.
01:13We can speak in our own language and to see if this interview could go on.
01:17Excellent.
01:18Okay, let's try this.
01:20Let's try this.
01:23We can speak our own words in our own language. It's amazing.
01:31But many people worried about privacy. The more AI glasses look like ordinary glasses, the harder it is for people
01:39nearby to know when they are in use.
01:42There has been a lot within the local news about breaches of privacy, where you should or shouldn't be able
01:48to use them. It's more for the recording function.
01:52Smart glasses are new.
01:53Smart glasses are new. For more than a decade, companies have been trying to make them smaller, lighter, and easier
01:59to wear.
02:00But making glasses wearable wasn't enough.
02:03AI has given them something more important. A reason to wear them.
02:10These things bring in more function to the eyeglasses.
02:14Okay, not only taking a video, listening to the music, but help you to solve the day-to-day problem.
02:24So AI glasses are ready to become part of a daily life here, and manufacturers hope they could replace smartphones
02:31some days in the future.
02:32But for someone, that could also mean much more than convenience. Dennis?
02:37Yes, indeed, Yang Zhao. We often see AI glasses as just another gadget, something you would use for work or
02:45for entertainment.
02:47But for some people, people with impaired vision or hearing, this technology can be life-changing.
02:53Let's meet someone who is testing that here in Shenzhen.
02:57Let's go.
03:03This is Liu Shenzhen. She comes from eastern China.
03:06When she was three, she lost her hearing due to a high fever.
03:10Today, her work is to help other people with disabilities find a job.
03:15But in a fast-paced city like Shenzhen, communication can be difficult.
03:23If there's an obstacle, I would use an app on my smartphone for voice transcription.
03:29Or I would read lips.
03:34Today, Liu Shenzhen is visiting Rayneo, a company that develops AI glasses with speech-to-text transcription.
03:42Microphones on the glasses pick up the words spoken nearby,
03:45and software displays them as captions, almost in real time.
03:49We'll try to use this lens.
03:50We can use this lens to wear this lens.
03:53Let's try to experience this lens.
03:54Now, now, I'm going to open the PayTouch app on the phone.
03:58The app on the phone is creating a keyboard.
03:59Now, I'm going to use the word pen.
04:01I'm going to use the word pen.
04:02So the words are written to Chinese.
04:04And you can watch your eyes.
04:06You can see the keyboard.
04:11You can see the keyboard.
04:18e ajudá-los para nos testarmos.
04:21Portanto, é um movimento mais legal.
04:24Liu Shanshan diz que ela gostou de que os glasses
04:26são mais rápidos e mais rápidos que o leitura,
04:29e que eles não interrompem a conversa como o telefone do.
04:33Em uma reunião,
04:34morando ou em um carro,
04:36eu sempre vou usar eles.
04:40Na próxima vez, no Crossin' Cultures,
04:42vamos continuar explorando
04:44novas tecnologias que estão fazendo a vida melhor.
04:47Nós vamos vermos como os negros edificios
04:49e como eles estão mudando as cidades
04:51em China, em Europa e em todo o mundo.
04:54Join us!
