Clever technology, enabling shoppers to read wine labels written in any language will soon become the standard among savvy shoppers, according to Digital Marketing Specialist Dave Chaffey.
Third Aurora, the tech startup led by Chaffey, announced today that the technology would be rolled out to their Winerytale platform in 2020.
A prototype video, shown on the Third Aurora website, demonstrates the solution for two different wines. In both cases, English text is instantaneously translated to Chinese, with the new content remarkably woven into the original label, indistinguishable from the original.
But the ground-breaking technology, which translates more than one hundred languages, comes with a catch, albeit a small one.
Behind the scenes, two technologies are at work. According to Chaffey, “Artificial intelligence reads and interprets the content and augmented reality projects the new text back onto the label, right in front of you.”
So, what’s the catch? Well, it seems that it’s not actually the label doing the work.
“Self-translating is a bit of a misnomer,” says Chaffey, quick to correct. “The labels aren’t actually changing, the translation is projected using augmented reality, which is powered by your smartphone.”
“If you’re a wine lover it’s a handy addition to have in your front pocket,” said the softly-spoken Chaffey, who foresees rapid change is coming “it’s definitely picking up pace – this sort of technology will reach tipping point very quickly – we think it will be towards the end of 2020.”