Translation in smart glasses has moved from clunky phone apps to "Babel Fish" style systems that provide live subtitles in your field of vision or whisper translations into your ear.

Visual Subtitles (HUD): Glasses like the Even Realities G2 or RayNeo X3 Pro show translated text on the lens. This allows users to maintain eye contact during a conversation. Audio-Only (Voice-Over): Ray-Ban Meta glasses listen to the speaker and play the translation through speakers in the temples. This is useful for short interactions. It can be harder to follow in long, complex meetings where voices might overlap. Text Translation (Look & Ask): Some glasses use cameras to translate what a user sees. For example, a user can look at a Japanese menu and ask, "Hey Meta, translate this," to hear the English version.