Google's Project Starline 3D videoconferencing system, unveiled last week, is well-timed for a post-pandemic world but still has a long way to go in seamlessly marrying the in-person and the virtual, three people who have used the system say.
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai touted Starline during the company's annual developer conference last week, saying the technology has been years in the making and boasts breakthrough depth sensors, displays and media algorithms. Three sources said meetings they had conducted with Starline felt very much like in-person gatherings – as long as the system worked properly.
"The quality bar is no longer the argument for why the technology doesn't exist," said Avi Bar-Zeev, who advises companies on mixed-reality technologies. Google employees leading the Starline effort previously worked on the company's virtual reality headsets such as Cardboard and Daydream, which were discontinued in recent months after struggling to find an audience.
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