DIY Alien Translator from Outer Wilds

If you’ve played Outer Wilds, you may be familiar with the alien translator device. Redditor u/Snicker-Snag has recreated the alien translator in real life. The device translates Spanish, French, and Japanese into English. Here’s more from Rock Paper Shotgun:

“This translation isn’t actually handled on the device,” u/Snicker-Snag explained through a comment. “The device captures an image then sends it to my phone over bluetooth to use Android’s offline image-to-text and machine translation APIs.” Their phone then sends the translation back to the blue screen to be displayed. The can of marshmallows in the video, however, is empty. But I’ll ignore that lore inaccuracy due to how obviously impressive the device is.

The origin of the device is quite simple: “I played the Outer Wilds back around the end of 2022 and got the idea in my head at some point that a functional translator should exist,” says u/Snicker-Snags. They “might eventually post all the files” for the project online, which would allow fans to create their very own replicas or improve upon the already-great work that’s here. Sounds almost like a missed merchandising opportunity for Mobius Digital and/or Annapurna Interactive.

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• Source: https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/05/10/diy-alien-translator-from-outer-wilds/