Metaverse is a concept that is quickly gaining a lot of traction, and Meta (formerly Facebook) is spearheading the sector, bringing various technological developments to support the future of the internet. We recently learned that Meta is developing a pair of special metaverse gloves that lets users touch and feel virtual objects. Now, the company has confirmed that it is building an AI-based universal language translation system to allow users in the metaverse to better communicate with each other.
In a recent Inside the Lab: Building for the metaverse with AI live stream, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg detailed a variety of new AI-based technologies that his company is currently developing for the metaverse. Amongst others, Zuckerberg mentioned that Meta aims to build a universal language translation system to allow users to interact with others in the metaverse without worrying about language barriers.
The second model will leverage the company’s M2M-100 model, which was unveiled back in 2020, to create an AI Babelfish. “The goal here is instantaneous speech-to-speech translation across all languages, even those that are mostly spoken; the ability to communicate with anyone in any language,” Zuckerberg said, further adding to his statements.
