'Talking Places' is the Google Glass of tour guides, we go hands-on (video)

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/dsc08910.jpg SensoMotoric Instruments is a company that builds eye-tracking goggles for research and teaching projects, and the DFKI is the German center for artificial intelligence. Together, the pair has cooked up ‘Talking Places,’ a Google Glass-esque concept that is designed to help people navigate unfamiliar locations. Thanks to a combination of cutting-edge hardware and software, we were taken on a tour of a model village and were surprised to see that the unit offered up plenty of information about our surroundings. Interested in how it’s done? Head on past the break.Gallery: SMI “Talking Places” hands-on
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