Project Starline takes a cosmic leap forward as Google Beam

Google's AI-first 3D video communication platform.

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It’s Google I/O time, which means time for product announcements! I was happy to see Starline make the cut within the first ten minutes.

Or should I say, Google Beam? ✨

Instead of a flat webcam view, Beam uses AI with a special curved “light-field” screen and multiple cameras to recreate each person as a life-sized, 3D image. The effect is like talking through a clear window: your remote friend or colleague looks as if they’re really sitting right across from you, not just appearing flat on a screen.

Behind the scenes, an array of six cameras captures you from different angles. And with AI, we can merge these video streams together and render you on a 3D light field display with near-perfect headtracking down to the millimeter and at 60 frames per second, all in real time.

If you would like to know more, here’s the official Blog posts from today’s announcements.

Roundup

when you're using Beam the best part of it is that you don't have to wear anything it's not like AR glasses or VR headsets it's just a giant TV with a bunch of custom cameras and sensors that Google has developed and the end experience is that you're looking at a 3D hologram of someone. — The Verge

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

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