Lex Fridman tests Google XR glasses
00:00:00.200 | Chris, how are you doing?
00:00:02.000 | Good to meet you.
00:00:03.000 | So, as Max mentioned, we have glasses here.
00:00:05.600 | We start with a foundation of great glasses, something stylish, lightweight, wearable.
00:00:09.600 | I'm going to say how can we build great technology and experiences on top of that.
00:00:13.100 | One of the core tenets of the Android XR platform, this idea of a multimodal conversational device,
00:00:17.900 | see what you see, hear what you hear.
00:00:18.900 | So, you've got a camera, you've got speakers, multiple microphones for speaker isolation.
00:00:22.900 | I'll give you a chance to try these yourself.
00:00:24.900 | Yeah, sorry, I woke it up there.
00:00:27.400 | Whoa.
00:00:28.400 | Yeah.
00:00:29.400 | So, the first thing you see, simple, straightforward home screen.
00:00:31.600 | Yes.
00:00:32.600 | So, you probably see the time, the weather, calendar appointments there.
00:00:35.700 | This is designed to be sort of your one-stop shop for quick glanceable information throughout
00:00:39.700 | the day.
00:00:40.700 | We want to do something that's easy to get what you need and then go back to what you're
00:00:44.000 | doing.
00:00:45.000 | So, you can imagine turning on the display, getting that quick glance and then continuing
00:00:48.900 | on your way.
00:00:49.900 | You can be fully conversational at this point.
00:00:50.900 | You can ask questions, for example, about the paintings.
00:00:53.600 | You can interrupt.
00:00:54.600 | You can ask follow-up questions.
00:00:55.600 | As I mentioned before, if you want to at any time pause, you just tap there on the right.
00:00:58.800 | Gemini, how much does this painting cost?
00:01:01.000 | The painting is called The Bridge of Leifelib, 1875, by Armand Guillaumet.
00:01:07.100 | It appears to be a print and it would be impossible to know its cost without finding the seller.
00:01:12.100 | Okay, so this is fake.
00:01:13.000 | I understand.
00:01:14.300 | Why do humans pay so much money for paintings?
00:01:17.200 | People pay a lot for paintings because of their artistic merit.
00:01:20.200 | The artist's paying is a decent rarity and for the appreciation you learn.
00:01:24.300 | Did you catch Google I/O last week by any chance?
00:01:25.800 | Yes.
00:01:26.300 | So, you might have seen on stage the Google Maps experience very briefly.
00:01:30.200 | I wanted to give you a chance to get a sense of what that feels like today.
00:01:33.400 | You can imagine you're walking down the street.
00:01:35.300 | If you look up, like you're walking straight ahead, you get quick turn-by-turn directions.
00:01:39.500 | So, you have a sense of what the next turn is like.
00:01:42.200 | Nice.
00:01:42.700 | Keeping your phone in your pocket.
00:01:43.900 | Oh, that's so intuitive.
00:01:45.300 | Sometimes you need that quick sense of which way is the right way.
00:01:48.300 | Sometimes.
00:01:49.300 | So, let's say you're coming out of subway, getting out of a cab.
00:01:52.000 | You can just glance down at your feet.
00:01:53.500 | We have it set up to translate from Russian to English.
00:01:56.300 | I think I get to wear the glasses and you can speak to me if you don't mind.
00:02:01.300 | I can speak Russian.
00:02:03.700 | Привет, друг.
00:02:04.300 | Как у тебя дела?
00:02:07.000 | I'm doing well.
00:02:07.600 | How are you doing?
00:02:10.500 | Tempted to swear, tempted to say inappropriate things.
00:02:13.500 | А ты сразу мой голос слышишь или подождать надо?
00:02:19.300 | I see it transcribed in real time, and so, obviously, you know, based on the different
00:02:24.300 | languages and sequence of subjects and verbs, there's a slight delay sometimes, but it's
00:02:28.100 | really just like subtitles for the real world.
00:02:30.100 | Cool.
00:02:31.100 | Thank you for this.
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