After experiencing a video call through Google’s Project Starline, the most impressive part of the demo was the ability to make meaningful eye contact.
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After revealing a new version of Project Starline a year ago, Google today announced that it’s bringing the immersive video conferencing technology “out of the lab” by partnering with HP.
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During I/O 2023 last week, Google announced a new version of Project Starline and allowed more people to try it. We got a chance to experience the immersive video conferencing technology, while MKBHD was able to record a good approximation of what it’s like to use Project Starline.
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Project Starline is Google’s immersive video conferencing booth where you and the participant are represented “in 3D at natural scale, enabling eye contact, and providing spatially accurate audio.” Google set out to quantify why Project Starline is “more natural.”
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In addition to a slew of Workspace updates at Cloud Next 2022, Google shared today that Project Starline is entering the “next phase of testing,” where more people outside the company can experience it.
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At I/O 2021 in May, Google unveiled Project Starline has a conferencing booth that can capture and display realistic 3D video. The company today shared more technical details about the effort and how it surpasses 2D calls.
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The pandemic drove a surge in the use of video calling apps as millions of people went into lockdown to protect themselves and others from COVID-19. That drove Google to develop Project Starline, a futuristic idea that creates realistic 3D models of friends and family from a great distance away.
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