- Project Starline becomes Google Beam and will only be for businesses
- AI transforms feed from six cameras to 3D video while AI translates from supported language
- We see the first HP -hardware that supports Google Beam on next month’s Infocomm -Conference
After about four years of very few apparent development, Google confirmed that its project starline is still moving forward to its annual developer conference, I/O, in 2025.
This time under the new and publicly turned name of the beam, the concept is turning around life-like video calls using advanced hardware, computer vision and machine learning to create 3D video conferencing experiences without glass or headset needed.
Instead of collecting data from tens of thousands of cameras (they still use six), Beam uses an advanced AI-volumetric video model to convert 2D video to a realistic 3D feed.
Google’s Project Starline becomes beam
In addition to six cameras, Google has confirmed that Beam will use a light field display to true depth and a feeling of dimension. AI merges the six video streams, tracks main movements and reproduces the video call at 60 FPS. Beam can also support natural eye contact and subtle recognition of expressions of making video call shyps realistic.
Being a flagship video conference tool, it should not surprise that this 3D-Holographic platform gets the same real-time speech translation that meets with the system capable of maintaining voice, tone and facial expressions for natural multilingual communication.
However, there is a big catch and it is not the price (which is not confirmed). It is that general consumers do not experience the technology unless they work for one of Google’s business clients. It will be launched to choose customers later in the year when the first HP hardware devices were displayed on InfoComm next month.
In context, Logitech’s Project Ghost, a similar pod-based system, aims to limit zoom fatigue with a slightly less advanced 2D system, about $ 15,000- $ 20,000 per day. Stall.
Google confirmed that Deloitte, Salesforce, Citadel, NEC, Hackensack Meridian Health, Duolingo and Recruit have all already registered their interest in Beam. Google Beam General Manager Andrew Nartker added: “We are working with the industry’s leading partners like Zoom and HP to bring Google Beam to businesses.”
