Last night, 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:
Word Lens is a free download to prove its real-time word detection algorithms. In the free version, users can reverse or blank-out text in real time. Meanwhile language packs for Spanish to English and English to Spanish are available for $4.99 each. More language packs are in the works. Translations are done on a word-by-word basis, so context is not taken into account. The translation is also done on-app, so no network connection is required.
Augmented Reality has been a much hyped possibility. Apple introduced the ability for developers to do this real-time video manipulation back in iOS 3.1.
Monday November 9, 2026 10:08 am PST by Juli Clover
Apple today released new watchOS 27.2.1 and visionOS 27.2.1 updates, with the software coming two weeks after the launch of watchOS 27.2 and visionOS 27.2.
According to Apple's release notes, the watchOS update includes security fixes, while the visionOS 27.2.1 update includes security updates and bug fixes.
The new software can be installed using the Settings app on each device.
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Monday October 26, 2026 10:46 am PDT by Juli Clover
Apple today released visionOS 27.2, the first big update for the visionOS 27 operating system that runs on the Apple Vision Pro.
visionOS 27.2 can be downloaded by opening the Settings app, selecting the General section, and choosing Software Update. Installing the update requires the headset to be removed, and a progress bar appears on the EyeSight display.
The visionOS 27.2 update...
Monday October 19, 2026 10:25 am PDT by Juli Clover
Alongside new betas of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, and macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Apple has seeded the release candidate versions of watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2 and visionOS 27.2. The RCs come a week after Apple released the fourth betas.
Registered developers can download the betas through the Settings app on each device.
There's no word on what's being added in visionOS 27.2 and tvOS 27.2, but...
