Rokid Glasses Tour Chapter 2 Tackles Language Barriers in Yokohama
The Yokohama stop frames AI glasses as a tool for natural cross-language conversation, positioning the product against smartphone translation apps in a real tourism context.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Rokid held the second stop of its Japan-wide 'Visible Japan' tour on August 2, 2026, at Vee Sweets CAFE YOKOHAMA. The event focused on language barriers in the port city, letting attendees try real-time translation, AI assistant, hands-free photography, and AR capture on Rokid Glasses. Each tour city gets a different theme.
The Yokohama event is the second of five planned stops on the 'Visible Japan' tour, which also visits Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka. Rather than repeating the same demo, Rokid assigns each city a distinct theme tied to local life. In Yokohama, the question was how to cross the language barrier.
Rokid argues that smartphone translation apps interrupt conversation because both parties look down at the screen. The glasses display translated speech in the wearer's field of view, so eye contact is preserved. Attendees, including Makuake supporters, tested the translation and AI assistant features on site.
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- ASCII.jp Rokid、AIグラス日本縦断ツアー「見える日本」第2章を横浜で開催