Word Lens Translates Printed Text Through an iPhone Camera

QuestVisual · Demo · 1 min · 2010 · YouTube title: Introducing Word Lens

Why it's here

HN brings it up as an early, impressive augmented-reality translation demo and a wow moment before modern AI.

What it covers

A one-minute demo of Word Lens, an iPhone app that translates printed text in real time by overlaying the translation on the camera view. It was later folded into Google Translate.