Pixie Dust Technologies in Japan created the Vuevo display – a cool little automatic translation device. It listens to you talking, and then translates between two languages live while putting up what the other person said on a transparent display. While auto-translation is not new, having it in such a clean, professional form factor means they have been popping up in Japan at better quality restaurants and hotels where foreign travelers are common.

Meta’s new Ray Ban glasses also have a translation feature as well, but it’s still rough (works best as listening to a lecture vs interactive real-life conversations:)

Of course, one has to wonder how it will do with accents…