How to get the translation right

LEION HEY2: AUGMENTED REALITY SMART GLASSES LET WORDS FLOW

- Arthur Goldstuck

The glasses go on and a conversation begins. As the other person speaks, translated words appear in front of the eyes.

The speaker's face stays in view. Mouth movements remain visible. Facial expressions remain readable. The text appears line by line, then clears as speech continues.

Nothing else changes. Hands remain free, the exchange continues without interruption, and the translation stays in place while the conversation moves forward.

That experience defines the Leion Hey2, launched this week at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas, US.

Translation becomes something that remains inside the interaction instead of sitting aside from it. Subtitles appear in the line of sight, close enough to speech to follow while watching expression and body language. Attention stays with the person speaking, and the exchange keeps its shape.

After a short period of adjustment, reading and listening begin to run in parallel. The brain adapts to absorbing text and expression together. Conversation becomes the dominant activity again.

The Hey2 is a pair of augmented reality smart glasses built by Beijing LLVision Technology, a company whose vision is to embed the interactions between human, machine and data with AI and AR technologies. That focus shapes the product. The device is a pair of glasses designed specifically for live, face-to-face translation, and almost every design choice reflects that single-use case. Spoken language turns into text positioned inside the wearer's line of sight.