Word Lens augmented reality translation app adds Russian in time for the Olympics
スマートフォンに写した文字をリアルタイムに翻訳することができる、Word Lens（ワールド・レンズ）。確か2年以上まえからネット上やテレビでも紹介されている。ソチオリンピックでも使われているようだ。言語カートリッジが豊富なり日本語でも利用できるようになることに期待したい。
(via http://www.androidauthority.com/world-lens-russian-343848/)On the same day as the opening ceremonies for the Sochi 2014 Olympics, Quest Visual, Inc. added a new language to their Word Lens Translator – you guessed it, Russian.Word Lens is a real time visual text translation service, categorized as an augmented realityapplication. Simply point your device’s camera at the desired text and it will be instantly translated right on your screen.Word Lens has been around for a while and already offered bi-directional translations between English and Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. Russian was a no brainer inclusion considering the impact that Olympic games have on the world. I suspect that even those of us that are not bundling up for the winter games, will still run across a bit of Russian here or there in the next few weeks. We do not need to be one of the thousands of English speaking, smartphone touting athletes, coaches, family, friends, fans or media from around the globe headed to Russia for the games, to benefit from Word Lens.
