Google rolls out holograms in chats, smarter conversational AI...
Google chief Sundar Pichai has offered a sneak peek into Project Starline, an experiment underway at the California-based technology company that seeks to bring a new dimension—or three—to video conferencing. The futuristic project proposes to deliver virtual chat booths, which allow users to convert themselves into life-size 3D hologram versions, so it appears you’re in a room with them. “Several years ago, we kicked off a project called Project Starline to use technology to explore what’s possible. Using high-resolution cameras and custom-built depth sensors, it captures your shape and appearance from multiple perspectives and then fuses them together to create an extremely detailed, real-time 3D model," Pichai said in his keynote to kick off the 2021 Google I/O Developer Conference. The conference returns this year in a virtual format after being cancelled last year on account of the covid pandemic. Pichai said the company will share more on Project Starline in the months ahe...
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