I Tried a Secret Google Project!

An exclusive first look and footage of Google Project Starline!
The Studio reactions: • Google I/O 2023 Travel...
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[@JVNC123]

Glad to see Google trying new things and actually showing them

[@viv3d]

They will probably kill it anyways 😂

[@kq5149]

Don’t they always? Google glasses, etc?

[@coolbugfacts1234]

Aaaaand it's cancelled

[@mbangroo]

??? They have always tried new things. Tf r u on about

[@emanuelcarmona9930]

​@@kq5149 they always kill all their services. It's like they are just having fun creating random projects

[@sugarmice]

I’ve never seen Marquess been blown away like that with a tech demo. First few seconds you can clearly see him trying to figure out how they were doing this. That’s impressive

[@dirkwalker9686]

It looked like for a second he actually thought he was going to be able to take the apple from that guy.

[@runnergo1398]

It sounds a lot like the arcade games that were holograms back in the 80's 90's.

[@tomsriver2838]

Actually, this is the second time. The first time was when he tried that vacuum cleaner/headphone/air dispenser/mask.

[@MattWhiteMattWPBS]

Aye, that reaction is what really conveys the impact.

[@beandispenser6971]

@@tomsriver2838 I think their first reaction to that was closer to "bruh" than "how in the hell"

[@Wordsmiths]

I can see this being super useful for telemedicine. A medical-specialist-doctor-expert person can be a world away, but if they can "meet" with you using Starline, you can show them the weird rash on your elbow or your crushed hand or whatever, and they would be able to see it so well, the only thing missing would be touch. That's important too, especially for orthopedic and internal injuries, but you'd be at a hospital that had a Starline booth anyway, so a local RN or doctor could follow the expert's instructions WHILE THE EXPERT WATCHED AND COACHED... I think this will have huge benefits for telemedicine. Not to mention surgery training! Um, I'll let your imagination take over, but if you're a surgeon intern...!

[@yeejay6396]

That's a very good point. Reminds me of Children of Men/GITS holo displays. Parallax Hall effect needs to be more prominent than simply being a gesture for phone wallpapers. 😮‍💨

[@bh_quicksilver251]

The vast majority of doctor visits don't need any hands on or visual aspect as it is. I don't see this being majorly helpful in telemedicine.

[@TheOneWithTheManyZs]

Wow, this was probably the closest to getting the feeling of a 3D effect through a 2D screen and video I've seen. Great capture!

[@SoarMallard]

It feels alot like the 3ds even through the video, I can't imagine how good it'd look in person!

[@MatthewCobalt]

​​@@SoarMallardhat required the Screen to be divided into odd and even sets depending on the view. It the whole reason 3DS technically has a 800x240 physical screen but only renders at 400x240 to accommodate the 3D. This looks like the screen adjusts the viewpoint relative to the head position without needing specialized screens.

[@Doobit420]

As always, the adult entertainment industry will pave the way for tech such as this.

[@JosiahAli]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JosiahAli]

Only fans customers will finally get there money’s worth 😂😂😂😂

[@alexfrank5331]

All the fancy tech always feels pointless. Until the adult entertainment gets their hands on it, and suddenly it's a million dollar industry.

[@izzo2271]

You made me laugh the most I have since the morning 😂😭

[@TheRockeyAllen]

Haraam

[@bilawal]

While working at Google, I had the opportunity to take many of my 1:1 meetings in booths like this. It was wild - you legit remember those meetings more, and no zoom fatigue!

[@Genki-XR]

That's crazy Billyfx! I'm definitely feeling a bit jealous you've gotten to try something like this out. Ok... *asks Chatty-G "Tell me how to get a job playing with emerging tech?"*

[@Channel-fo6oq]

That's sad

[@twu1909]

@@Channel-fo6oq ???

[@iamsmashy]

Using your position as a KZbinr to learn about and share things like this is exactly what you should do. We all appreciate you bringing us along!

[@PieroBonamico]

My fiancé is a psychologist. Pre-pandemic she said that a practice like hers would never go remote. Obviously it did and we were able to move from Washington, DC to Vermont. That said, she still spends a week or two in person because so much is lost when remote. I can see a scenario where she sets up a system like this in her DC office giving her clients the opportunity to have a near-match to an in-person experience. The same is true for other areas of healthcare where the meetings are 1:1 and there is a massive value to creating a more intimate human connection. I am a singing teacher and here to, my practice could justify the expense, I could live where I wanted, but have a studio in an area where there are many clients, or schools could put these setups in practice rooms and bring in teachers from all over. I expect that it will be a long time before setups like these are part of everyone’s home, but there is a clear, exciting use case for small businesses that have already expanded their reach with remote tools, but are suffering from the current quality of the systems at our disposal. Thank you, as always for delivering such precise, useful content!❤🎉

[@akshitstudent8973]

yea that would be really cool

[@Kinabrudar]

My first thought was mental healthcare. I did see a counselor during the pandemic and it was mostly over the phone and that's not at all the same as it is in person. But this would for sure make it more like seeing the counselor/psychiatrist/therapist/psychologist in real life.

[@Shteeblie]

This sounds like an awesome use case! My initial thought though is user privacy and confidentiality for things like psychology. I'm sure whatever software is running this technology will be all cloud based to begin with, so making sure we're not just sending Google our most private conversations will be important. Interesting problem and I'm excited to see where it goes!

[@charismahornum-fries691]

For some disabled people it would be incredibly helpful but for blind people who needs to rely on all their senses it would be a bad method.

[@xanderkhan7943]

Online mental health work sucks, regardless of the tech facilitating it - the human connection is too important

[@tayzonday]

IMAGINE this keeping the 3D scans of people after they use it. You could be age fifty and tell it to present you at eighteen 😮

[@mohanad-kenany]

So you scan yourself at the age of 18 and then wait 32 years later to do something specific with it? Who would do that? And both 18 and 50 are adults.

[@UCjNrKLyRJI-abFA8qiNo92Q]

Catching predators never been easier

[@kngofbng]

The porn industry would like to have a word with you.

[@UCjNrKLyRJI-abFA8qiNo92Q]

​@@mohanad-kenany or just build a model using old photos in a separate program, so many ethically concerning questions

[@lokidoki471]

@@UCjNrKLyRJI-abFA8qiNo92Q what are you talking about people aged 18 are adults...

[@vit.budina]

Probably the best use I can imagine is nursing homes, hospitals, where one of the people is bound to one place, so the relative could just come to a public Starlight kiosk and dial the right device. Also a great way to communicate with people in medical isolation, during interrogation or with prisoners to ensure the safety on both sides.

[@yohansharp3040]

Yeah so a phone or zoom call

[@JonMoralesLA]

Only Fans

[@Jorrich]

@@yohansharp3040 way more personal than either- you missed the whole point

[@yohansharp3040]

@@Jorrich it's the exact same thing as a zoon call. You just have a sorta 3d effect, adds nothing to the emotion imo

[@a1white]

Imagine during the recent pandemic, with elderly people in nursing homes unable to see their families?

[@veqv]

Some part of me really values the little glitching or geometric shimmer around the edges of the models. There's something deeply charming about a not-quite-perfect simulacrum of the participants that is just weirdly compelling. A perfect version would indeed be futuristic, but the little scuffs around the edges of tech like this makes it *feel* futuristic.

[@MoietyVR]

Like the static and blue glow in Star Wars holograms.

[@ste-fa-no]

Very interesting! I can see the comeback of "phone booths", so people can make realistic meetings; think of long distance relationships, families living far or abroad, etc. Not for homes or domestic use, but yes for scheduling calls or meetings. Also: KZbin with 2 audio tracks?? Amazing for making content accessible for the masses. I love when technology is actually useful.

[@MagnetBee]

yea same man. Oil rig workers, military, astronauts

[@tooker88sd]

Super proud of you MKBHD. The fact that Google gave you access to something like this, and being the first outside of Google to see it, is impressive. Shows that all the hard work you have done over the years is paying off. Seriously good stuff

[@bymicromize]

'is paying off'. Say what?

[@erikfry5887]

He's not first outside google. He mentioned that We work, Salesforce and TMobile are actively using it.

[@jutjub22]

But seems that he had to keep his review very mild, not much critical thinking/doubts heard, and this looks like a gimmick )..

[@leonize2459]

Google gave him acess, congratulations? Wow the bar is low.

[@tektauron]

@@leonize2459 how is that low? Did they invite you as well? How was the experience? Please let us know!

[@FunkerTactical]

Incredible tech. Well balanced presentation MB. thank you

[@madhououinkyoma]

megabytes?

[@1234aabc]

@@madhououinkyoma Marques Brownlee

[@madhououinkyoma]

@@1234aabc shhh 👀

[@catma5215]

@@madhououinkyoma☠️

[@1234aabc]

@@madhououinkyoma 🤭😉

[@badtyprr]

You got Google devs to trust your representation of Google Starline, and it actually translated the experience pretty well! Well done.

[@rkramsey]

I’ve watched this a few times and I think this tech has potential for some brilliant applications. I do online guitar/music lessons and I keep thinking about how this would be such a beneficial tool for the students and the teachers.

[@Rctive]

Perpetually being reminded of how neat the 3DS was and how the 3D feature would’ve been pretty neat with more powerful modern hardware

[@pdk1427]

I was constantly thinking about the 3DS, specifically the new 3DS while watching this as well because it had tracking to make the 3D effect better too.

[@podracer35]

The New 3DS felt a lot like what this is with the glasses-free head tracking 3D. When it worked well it worked *really* well. Project Starline feels like the next evolution. Almost like if the 3DS had dual front facing camera and video chat.

[@petemiller2598]

I'm so sad that the 3DS line was discontinued. My favorite console of all time.

[@leandru7]

@@podracer35 I'm still disappointed that I only ever got an original 3DS and not a New 3DS. The eye tracking would be so useful, especially for games that take advantage of the motion controls. I might get one just for that lol, if I ever start to care enough to spend money on it

[@podracer35]

@@petemiller2598 yeah, same. It's a shame the 3D was not used enough by third party devs to the point where they made the 2DS XL (which is pretty fantastic, even without the 3D)

[@CrownedGaming]

So glad they chose you to deliver this type of content to us. Insane tech.

[@sorrow2305]

@kennykodex You‘re saying this creator is not a real person?

[@vegetalno]

dupa

[@joshuasamuel7610]

Great comment, completely agree!

[@BASKETBALL_UNI]

Repent from your SINS and receive life from Jesus Christ and be saved in Jesus mighty name amen.

[@thecognacsipper]

@@sorrow2305 how...why do you think that?

[@AzureViking]

This is super awesome. The first idea for this that comes to mind for me is for deployed military. When I was deployed we had sometimes had rooms where we could have video calls with our family over Skype. I could imagine these being setup for soldiers and their families to see each other while deployed

[@sidewinder3000]

This is really neat. One thing that strikes me interesting is that this is a very hardware intensive piece of tech, and feels more like something that Apple would be developing, probably in secret, rather than Google. It’s interesting how far Google has come in terms of hardware, and where they might be going…

[@reinierkhamala4791]

The coming glasses

[@ashleythomas1988]

Actually I think the AI part is even more than hardware

[@milesmaluba]

Very rare to see Marquee blown away like a tech newbie

[@jandroidx1136]

Casey Newton on The New York Times' tech podcast "Hard Fork" was equally blown away by this. It seems to make quite an impression.

[@impointr]

I'd wager the opposite whenever he isn't on about phones and cameras honestly. Pretty common from him.

[@supriyasou3722]

Umm its obv a sponsored, produced by Google video.

[@Valfyre]

I think this could be incredible for virtual doctors visits. Would make them feel much more personal, and greatly increase the experience for both doctor and patient.

[@monitormonkey]

Great point. My mom did a "virtual Physical Therapy session" the other day and this would've been soo much better. Only problem would be that getting this in your house in the first place is probably unreal expensive.

[@coffle1]

I was thinking therapy appointments for people who move a lot. You'd be able to keep the same therapist while minimizing the detachment that comes from remote sessions

[@TechMyLifeVideo]

Other than they are not seeing you they are seeing a 3D model of you.

[@MrThacca]

Prisons can really make good use of these for their inmates.

[@soph1e]

You would need to own one of these

[@everettengineers4603]

Great video. Good visualization and overview! Can't wait to see this in businesses, but consumer products too!

[@headgasket_]

That's really impressive. The tech and as always Marques showing us how it will look if we were there. Thanks mkbhd 👍🏽

[@santanawilian]

As a senior med school student, I can only imagine how this kind of technology could be implemented in telemedicine soon. Props to Google for this one.

[@JZabala22]

Too big and expensive to replace your typical Webcam, but this would be a great idea for a private booth at say your local pharmacy. Have a quick Tele-health call with your doctor and have a prescription filled all before leaving.

[@aryav.1108]

How would this be useful for telemedicine? Genuinely asking

[@jutjub22]

@@aryav.1108 It probably won't, it does not add anything more than what video call already has (medically wise it even reduces information), but it is more realistic to look at, seems like gimmick for now.. Maybe I am wrong, but it is not practical compared to its benefits, just high fidelity video call... I like 3d movies though, wish that kept on going more... Also regular 2d video call in hi res would be more helpful in medicine, for distance (showing wounds, skin conditions, etc...)...

[@ribertfranhanreagen9821]

@@JZabala22 that is today. just like mobile phone is expensive and big a few years before. as tech grow, we will have this feature in our phone

[@qu3nt]

yeah sure tele-health if you mean lesson on female genitalia

[@bluekubes]

I like how you objectively review products with respect for the efforts that go into creating it, yet still giving your viewers your candid take.

[@xike-.-]

Are you cuber

[@xike-.-]

Bruh

[@theweirdolikenoother]

i just wanna give love to this videos intro specifically the audio track of it , it was great .I legit spent the first couple of minutes playaround with the back button replaying and looping the intro

[@cajuncajun183]

I reckon it will be helpful for rendering models or selling items like in your demo. It would give the audience a real depth of selling an item. I'd like to see its application in the future.

[@swimteamizzle1114]

This is what the Metaverse should be. Making virtual meetings feel like in-person meetings to your brain. Could really decrease “zoom fatigue” and meaningfully improve remote work.

[@juniorchavesopicassodeyahu988]

The metaverse will affect the future of work, but many people will like metaverse because it's a new world of opportunities beyond reality

[@ARicardo312]

Yeah well META might change back to just Facebook and it’s parenting companies like WhatsApp/Instagram. META is dead and no one bought into the idea. That is why they just fired over 10,000 employees it’s too late. Google is now going to become what the metaverse should’ve been

[@vectoralphaAI]

No. I want the real 3d VR world metaverse.

[@EikottXD]

Dude thinks he knows what the metaverse should be when humankind doesn't even know 💀

[@Fr00stee]

metaverse will only work if they use this tech to create a model of you in VR

[@remingtonm]

This would be really great for remote counseling. I imagine a world where maybe only professionals own their own setup, but then you could go to a center and rent a room to meet with them.

[@MarliQQLuv]

Sounds super cool, read so many sci-fi books with a similar concept. I could see a variety of consumer uses for these Google sites or maybe even a sort of phone booth setup in your local target.

[@leonidas14775]

Honey, we have a webcam at home.

[@ArcaneCowboy]

Like...Their office?

[@scottbaker8528]

@@leonidas14775 that doesn’t render 3D though

[@benjola2]

​@@ArcaneCowboy that's cool and all but what about people with severe agoraphobia who can't leave their homes to get that help to turn it around?

[@manicmods]

Light-years beyond Meta! As a new channel, your production is what I strive for. Super natural all out pro man. I'll settle for a new camera at this point 😅

[@Raccoonhunt]

What an incredibly cool bit of tech. Video chatting always feels a bit off because of the whole lack of presence thing and this looks like something that could help solve that. Neat stuff.

[@hopegold883]

What about witnesses testifying in court?

[@chairwood]

waaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@spacekitt.n]

someone figuring out the eye contact thing would be a game-changer. i always thought it would be under-screen cameras that would do this but the ones all around the screen would work too.

[@fousiyak5388]

This will be a flop technology same like Google's smart glass.

[@user3wx9V-178]

@@fousiyak5388 i don't see this being a consumer-facing product. probably more aimed at firms.

[@gandhariajay]

Hatsoff to MKBHD for doing so much research and effort to explain the tech to us! Definitely the best

[@astorMorisson]

I'm surprised though that he didn't mention the 3DS at all. The N3DS does the display side the same way with eye tracking.

[@gamesnic]

@@astorMorisson Not with eye tracking

[@Medicoboi]

Ofcourse He is the mkbhd Not box opener technical guruji lol 🤮🤣🤣🤣

[@AndrewPL5]

Research? I mean google gave him all the info and talking points...

[@JohnDir-xw3hf]

He is getting money for it

[@LOGICALMAGNET]

It's made for people that lost someone and need to have their gone person in a recording and being 3D it's amazing to have

[@ntrgc89]

When catching up with family overseas, even using zoom still feels so distant. I feel like something like this could help me have deeper and more pleasant conversations with family.

[@Wordsmiths]

I agree. Remember those days when the only internet hotspots were at "cybercafes"? I'd go to a "Starline cafe" and pay per minute to really catch up with family while I'm overseas. Facetime and Zoom are great, but they only go so far, and maybe because they are so limited in both size and clarity-like peeking through a keyhole, if one person is using a phone-people don't bother to make sure the lighting or sound or camera angles are okay. Going to a booth where all that is already dialed in for you means you'd also sit up and pay more attention to the conversation. (My adult daughter will set her phone down on the kitchen counter for ten or fifteen minutes at a time while we are talking, so that I'm staring at the ceiling! Better than nothing, but it would be nice to have an alternative to "super-casual just whatever" video chat. Like, really really nice. Depending on the occasion and the person with whom I am chatting. I'll bet my 90+yo dad would be able to have a real conversation with me in a Starline booth: I would be life-sized, not phone-sized or laptop-screen-sized, and the 3Dish super-high-fidelity would hold his attention as if I were really present with him. That's another huge potential market. I wish every elder-care facility had a Starline booth, and every major city in the world had at least one Starline cafe. I'd buy a membership to get frequent-user discounts...

[@pavankjadda]

This is something I could buy for my parents living overseas. Amazing, can't wait to see production ready version.

[@TonyDrecaps]

Yes!

[@ritik_ghanshani]

agreed

[@nadeemshaikh7863]

You must be super rich then!

[@whoever_81]

This is something you could buy for my parents too! 😋

[@superboost4828]

@@nadeemshaikh7863 If this thing ever goes to mass production, I see no reason why it should be extremely expensive. It has a few cameras & microphones and a screen. The magic is made with computing.

[@Tom1k9]

In the UK right now it's pretty much impossible to get a face to face doctors appointment. They usually just end up calling you or try to give you a "diagnosis" over text instead based on the symptoms you describe without even seeing you. I could see this making a HUGE difference to online doctors appointments and diagnosis

[@fj7334]

That’s crazy

[@AutoMotivate]

I mean, why should we have appointments over simple issues? Plus, a phone/video call is much quicker and cheaper

[@applecored]

@@AutoMotivate yeah what i was thinking. not even remotely more practical having a 15k special monitor, of which can't fully accurately be trusted for medical purposes as the picture is reconstructed using ai from multiple sources.

[@skp8748]

Gotta call at 08:00 in the morning... At least 20% of appointments get cancelled on the day and another 10% are no shows

[@AutoMotivate]

@@applecored I agree. I think this tech can maybe, maybe be translated to a be setting. But you are right.

[@Josh-im9go]

I might actually be interested in this. Thanks for the preview!

[@AwesomeCrackDealer]

Wow, what an incredible opportunity, Marques. Thanks for sharing this moment with us

[@KevinChaires]

Idk why, but what immediately came to mind is using this tech for helping patients and their close ones have one-on-one conversations that feel like they're in the same room without the risks. Hope this project lives on!

[@anjolatope-babalola2338]

But how is this different from a video call How does this simulate a physical person more

[@karlosfrias]

​@@anjolatope-babalola2338 rewatch the video and you'll know

[@haydonwhipp3141]

@@anjolatope-babalola2338 It is very different for a couple main reasons, that being said, it is fundamentally just a more advanced video call. The main two differences are brought up in the video: Depth, it looks like the person is physically there with you cause you can turn your head and move off axis and look "around" them, for example in the video when he lifts up the shoe, the camera can move down and look up to see the underside of the shoe, even though he isn't directly presenting that part. You can see him freak out about the apple in the video because to him it looked like the guy was physically reaching over the real table in front of him and holding the apple. It does this through having many different cameras around the outside of the display that can see you from a lot of different angles, then AI "guesses" the depth of everything in all the images. When you look at the screen you are actually seeing two different images layered on each other but both angled to reflect the distance between your eyes and these images are moving to keep tracking where your head turns and moves. This is how it creates a 3D effect, kind of like 3D glasses or VR. The other main difference is eye contact, the human connection. In a video call if you want to give the appearance of eye contact you have to stare directly into the camera lens, not even looking at the other person. With this device you actually can make eye contact. They don't just look like a person on a screen, they look like they're physically there.

[@anjolatope-babalola2338]

@@haydonwhipp3141 I did not ask you for how it's created a 3d effect, I watched the video I am not looking for the difference in technology, but the difference in simulating real-world experience, the difference in incorporating real-world senses. This is basically a more advanced video call. It improves the video call experience but does not come close to mimicking a real-life meeting any more than a video call. you are wrong. You can make eye contact on a video call. You don't have to look into the camera. The camera applies depth. You can position the camera father away from you and look at the screen, and then you see the person. The camera is what is looking at you and not the other way around. You can also notice a person reaction and facial expression You do understand. In this case, too, you are still looking at cameras You miss understood the question, how is would this make a different feeling, how does this simulate a personal or physical meeting better, no matter how good the technology is, you still interact with it your eyed snd only your eyes, it does not actually feel like a real meeting because it is not. It is a more advanced video call that does not actually solve any real-world problems. It is just cool tech. This will in no way or form immerse you like a real physical meeting does. VR is even more immersive because you can actually mimic physical interaction with virtual spaces, but that is still way off. Unless it engages more senses, it is not different Video calls changed from voice calls because you can now see the person. The next step would be to add smell or touch

[@putto123]

This kind of tech is really exciting to me as someone in the health sector. Once it's more affordable having these sort of booths in regional/rural health centres would enable practitioners from anywhere to have more meaningful consultations with patients/clients. Things like phone and Zoom counselling over the past few years has become more widespread, which is great, but it's still highly limited in ability to connect with the person you're talking to and in things like psychology the connection between client and practitioner is often as important, if not more, than the treatment modality. If you can get one of these things mobile on the back of a trailer you could enable people driving from small rural town to small rural town and allow them to consult with GPs in major cities for more things than current zoom/telehealth options allow. Very cool possibilities and I hope we get to see more and more improvements and cost reductions asap!

[@sciteceng2hedz358]

Came here to see if someone would post about the impact to psychologists. This is big. If it can be made cheap enough to ship to each client...

[@clemensblum5946]

@@sciteceng2hedz358 I imagine to one client would be really expensive, but you could have a psychology center in one big city and have those screens in smaller villages.

[@fdm2155]

Yes, I was also thinking this could allow health care access in remote or under served areas

[@FakeButt]

Yeah but do you really need the 3d capabilities. In my opinion having a big screen that can render the person on the "other side" the proper size and a good enough camera + microphone setup is good enough to make you feel like the person is there. Think about it, if you do a zoom call on your phone or laptop you are mostly looking at a small head. Interacting with a human sized image with a torso and arms is a completely different experience and the technology to do it is already available and cheap. Having the 3D experience is really cool but I don't feel it adds that much

[@fdm2155]

@@FakeButt If you're just talking with the person, that's probably true. But if a health professional was trying to do a remote examination, having the best possible visual representation would be important.

[@maxter312]

thanks dude, just the information i was looking for...great video 👍

[@RazberryTech]

Very interesting! I could see the next version being wrapped up as a Google 3D TV. Could have the cameras and sensors in the bezel but watch 3D content without glasses would be really cool then have a 3D Google Duo feature. Although I think the 1 person perspective limit would be a tough sell.

[@lucidsocietyproductions1190]

Or 3D movies in the theater

[@orjnie]

Wow, this is just plain awesome. The visualisation was super cool😮 This makes teams look like stone-age tech.

[@dibbidydoo4318]

Google has alot of technology like this. They just kill it and never let the public use it.

[@raveme89]

what are you talking.. teams is ultra max pro bleeding edge tech, nothing can come closer..

[@elowine]

love how the chat in teams is much worse than MSN was 20 years ago. 2023 and you cant scroll through text properly or copy paste text 😂

[@coldbane2598]

@@elowine or search history in any sensible way

[@conagher]

It's funny to me that of all the producs to compare this to you would pick Teams that looked like stone-age tech from the first day of its release.

[@TubeBuddy]

Think about the precious memories that could be recorded. A mother could speak with her child who's away at college, and 30 years later, they could replay that interaction and feel as if they were back in that moment. Picture a younger version of yourself, speaking to your older self. A father's final message to his son could be played back as if he were still present. Wild right? Imagine a future where this technology could instantly translate different languages, even imitating the speaker's voice. It would revolutionize communication. I'd love to see this in schools; just imagine a student meeting a penpal from another country "in person". I would go out my way to use such technology like this if it enabled me to connect with distant family members in a way that feels deeper than a regular zoom call. I am certain this technology will be adopted in hospitals and corporate meeting rooms, but I'd also love to see it in public libraries, households, even dorms. I am genuinely excited to witness what this tech could do in our lives.

[@MattiasMagnusson]

As you said, a video feed like youtube doesn't really make enough of it, but honestly a first look at this was really cool. i never really tought this would become a thing, but wow! It is. Can't wait to see this in the wild at some point!

[@PocketProjects]

Great video Marques and crazy tech. Aside from the obvious B2B video conferencing uses I see this tech having great potential in the medical world, whereby hospital consultants and their patients can have 2nd opinions or assesments by specialists in other countries or large distances. . . I also see it having potential in MR or VR as like you say current graphics based avatars 'don't cut the mustard' but having a photoreal version of yourself and others in a realtime virtual world would be mind blowing. Imagine that in gaming!

[@mason2953]

Really just had the urge to say this dude constantly pumps out quality and quantity without it feeling forced and he also feels pretty relatable as well.

[@parkertechsavvy]

Very interesting MK you killed it like always you are the best at this.💯

[@waverlh]

Amazing. Great idea on how to test out the tracking.

[@bensoto87]

I imagine this will become more compact over time and we'll see this on laptops and phones some day.

[@banditnosey]

But it would ruin the effect to have the person be tiny lol

[@OmerAsh]

@@banditnosey Imagine discussing a serious topic with a tiny 3D version of your boss. That'd be hilarious 😂

[@omgyeti2049]

It could be done, but having the cameras closer together will make it harder to produce a realistic depth of field, so it would likely be a noticeable drop in quality compared to this larger one for now(but who knows how well AI might be able to improve upon such a limitation).

[@mrsittingmongoose]

@@omgyeti2049 iPhones have actual depth cameras though. So they wouldn’t need stereo cameras.

[@lancelindlelee7256]

I have my doubts it would get any smaller. They want that large of a screen regardless if they can shrink it. Then it's just the camera which are quite compact already

[@ryand3581]

Good job on demoing the depth and how immersive it is. If users understand the complexities of depth and can understand that what's seen on video sometimes is not what you actually see them they'll understand that this would be even more impressive in person. It's like for me watching Formula 1, some fans even to this day love to hate on the cars "halo" claiming that it affects the drivers vision but in reality your eyes and brain very quickly learn to tune it out because of the depth of where you are supposed to be looking. It's basically the same as how you can see your nose but your brain tunes it out.

[@ai_is_a_great_place]

I can't wait for this!!! This is soooo amazing!!!

[@DanteYewToob]

Honestly this would be amazing for deployed military personnel to see their families. For kids to actually see their parents in 3D and not a flat image… my only concern is young kids being confused and getting upset that they can’t actually touch mom or dad… But if they had a few of these on military bases and local government buildings where you can set an appointment, go to your local booth and have a nice visit… that’s cool!

[@eugeneng4187]

I can imagine this going mainstream if it makes it into the entertainment industry, imagine a curated movie experience, produced just for this technology, it will be insane!

[@WHITEPERSUAS1ON]

Probably will be ready in time for Avatar 3

[@many029s]

adult entertainment with this lmao

[@AMAZINGDAVE]

​@@many029s Bad example

[@sidgupta9610]

@@AMAZINGDAVEnope most tech gets mass adopted after the adult industry becomes successful in it. CDs, the internet, VR…

[@SketchTurnerZero]

​@@AMAZINGDAVE Best example. We love porn

[@_owen.c]

I think this could be really great for the telehealth and virtual therapy spaces by helping patients feel a lot more at ease given a physical separation.

[@javi7636]

That's awesome. I fully agree with you on the fidelity argument, I think the only way this would become mainstream is if there were public video call rooms that could be reserved for specific applications. Like imagine scheduling a call with your spouse who's currently away for work, so you go to your public library because they have a conference room with a Starline-type video setup. Or you schedule a business meeting and go into the office to use your company's conference room. However the one-person limitation for 3D displays is really what's going to hold back this tech. There are only so many situations that are exactly 1-to-1 communication, and much more demand for group calls and shared viewing (like two kids in the same room seeing their grandparent on a video call, and vice versa). So far I haven't seen anything that sufficiently solves this problem.

[@TAMAMO-VIRUS]

It'd be like those video call phone machines from the pokemon anime

[@GeorgeBrooksKC]

This is super helpful! I've seen videos on this, but this is a great overview!

[@thatllwork_official]

And that is why I subscribe to this channel. Nothing but the best, nothing but cutting edge 💪

[@______6796]

ok

[@MDelorean]

It says a lot that Google let you be the one to show the demo. You're being fair and transparent about the whole thing. Great video!

[@Innuya]

also his skin tone. they've tested it with more than just white people (remember the Kinect?)

[@NeedToBike]

Yea unlike Google who is evil.

[@IMurshedRolin]

Even Marques got to surprise and speechless. All thanks to MKB for bringing this to us. Bless you, mate.

[@July-gj1st]

Dude you didn't even need the shoe for showcasing it, just being able to get a glimpse of both of your ears from like two different perspectives I think showcases this technology pretty well. It is incredible, mindblowing and frankly a bit unnerving at the same time (in the sense that it reminds me of those paintings artists would make so that it seems that the eyes follow you).

[@connection_ok]

I think there's a distinction to make between the quality of music and cameras and the quality of video calls. Yeah, hearing high def audio would be nice, but it's just... nice. Video calls that make you feel like you're really with the person, though, could be super useful to people who are far away from family and friends who haven't seen each other in years. I think if it's cheap enough, it could have a healthy impact on long distance relationships.

[@benjaminsmith-ql6tl]

Probably big businesses and organisations first then maybe actual customers. My guess is 3-5 years before we get to buy it.

[@Chakidaki]

I dont want anything. Social media destroyed society. We are going to far with all this tech!! Face to face talking.

[@ToniLeys]

I always thought it would be awesome if the Nintendo 3DS would calculate perspective instead of it being fixed, this shows it can be done though its a way more complex system. The New 3DS does track your eyes to match the angle you're looking at it from, though that data is used just for the display view angle adjustment and doesn't reach the games. Imagine if you could move your head and see behind stuff in games!

[@cambelio]

I agree, the original 3DS was designed with only a single sweet spot for 3D viewing, a limitation that was eventually resolved with the New 3DS. However, the true disadvantage of the 3DS was its premature release, before the technology was fully matured. With the advancements of today's technology, I believe a modern-day 3DS would feature high-definition graphics and the ability to perceive depth around objects. The 3D photos were another intriguing feature, albeit held back by subpar camera resolution and technology. This resulted in grainy and faded images, which could've been avoided had the 3DS been introduced later.

[@jordisimon1451]

This could be used to work on 3D models or something like that. You know, instead of displaying an actual person on the screen, you could display a 3D model that you want to edit or visualize, and when you move your head, it actually rotates reallistically. That plus a hand control (the thing that looks at your hand in the air and identifies the position of your fingers) to move it and zoom would be so good. I think that would be a whole other level of 3D modeling compared to nowadays. I mean, just imagine it. Not just that, any videogame would have an amazing experience with that. You could use it for pretty much anything, like a normal computer except the display is nearly 3D instead of 2D. This could be the monitors of the near future (well, only if they get a lot cheaper, but I hope they will).

[@os3ujziC]

You can do all that with a VR headset.

[@jordisimon1451]

@@os3ujziC That's right but VR headsets give s you motion sickness plus you are really conscious that it isn't the real world. They should improve VR headsets. All I am saying is: do you see people using VR headsets instead of normal monitors?? Exactly (Even if they were worth the same), I am saying that this tech could replace conventional monitors.

[@TAMAMO-VIRUS]

Hacksmith did a video of trying to recreate Tony Stark's hologram desk as close as they possibly could. It works pretty close to what you are describing.

[@toxik420]

The Genius of pulling off that ad for your line of shows.. brilliant. amazing tech top

[@snakedoktor6020]

I don't think I've ever seen Marques this hyped about a piece of tech. Wow, and even on a phone it was truly impressive.

[@Julesrulez]

honestly im way more impressed than i expected to be. I cant wait to see what tech there is in the future.

[@josh_3D]

The great thing is that 3D chat is now possible on the Lume Pad 2, a tablet with a 3D display. I’ve tried it and it’s a very surreal experience, so something very similar to this has already arrived in consumer devices for the first time and it’s really cool

[@jnfunvufb]

3D screen isn't future per se. Sony has developed one and now on the market. it's paid to say it's new and future, a total marketing by Google, but in reality it's already here.

[@RandomVideos-yz5qf]

@@jnfunvufb I mean Google doesn't really care. There's like a 95% chance that this project gets scrapped and never sees the light of day in a year or two. It's still nice that big tech companies and their employees are coming up with unique designs and ideas, even if it doesn't directly create revenue.

[@jnfunvufb]

​@@RandomVideos-yz5qf I don't think so about "Google doesn’t care". Rather, Google is loosing its edge for OpenAI, Their profitable business model is dying faster and hasn't find any alternative revenue sauces. Then, they show a tech that isn't unique nor marketable for non revenue creation? Google employee are escaping and stock are losing. I think Google is just too the desperate to show this unfinished products like this. Plus, Marques is a best paid promoter for big tech, no longer an honest tech commentators anymore. He say what money can make.

[@GordonDunbar]

Super cool! Thanks!

[@aread13]

I've been waiting for this, for over a decade. I kept expecting a manufacture to add some extra cameras to a laptop or tablet, to provide this functionality. Phones would need rear facing cameras on all 4 corners, and blend an image together from at least 3 at a time, if you're holding one of those corners. It doesn't need the 3D display, if it's a small enough screen.

[@zachcake6231]

Honestly, I take heaps of Tech with a grain of salt but to see him react that way to a piece of tech is something I have never seen before, he was genuinely blown away.. That made me really want to see this myself.

[@AlricoAmona98]

I've been amazed by the reaction to this tech at Google IO. I've been listening to podcasts and the people that got to try out project Starline have been blown away

[@FrankTranDesign]

I literally watched that intro 10x just to indulge in that motion graphic glory. Your team makes me want to make stuff like that. Now I'll watch the rest of the video. My impression: definitely agree with the 'just enough fidelity' for the masses. This seems like it would breathe new life into photo booths once they get it working with more than 6 people. That and it can help with an extra dimension of learning / education

[@Super-id7bq]

I remember about 15 years ago a dude called Johnny Lee made something just like this but without the camera part using a Wii controller for the tracking of your head position (probably still on KZbin). I remember trying it at home using his DIY setup instructions. I'm pretty sure he went off to work for Google X Labs. It's an incredibly simple and achievable concept but it seems where they have taken this a little further is with the 4 cameras building a realtime 3D mesh of the person rather than pre-rendered assets you can look around. The wild part is, it didn't need any stereoscopic effect at all. It was convincing enough just by the fact you can move your head to change perspective. Only works with one person at a time though.

[@samyg123]

I could see this being useful for larger international companies. Not only to hold more effective virtual calls but also to interview prospective candidates from afar.

[@Kosme88]

I don't know about that. You would have to give one of this (probabbly) expensive divices to each employee and most people don't even turn the camera on for calls.

[@samyg123]

@@Kosme88 I’m more so thinking about having the tv and sensor suite on a rolling cart that you can put in conference rooms

[@CrescentX3]

As someone with monocular vision, that demo you showed was stunning. It looked super 3D to me. Obviously looking through a screen at another screen doesn’t help, but it’s already about as convincing as a 3D video game to me.

[@gnanasabaapatirg7376]

Right? I also have this problem and it's very sad I can't experience 3D like most people

[@varadvithalkj1716]

And the crazy fact is this tech is like in the "eniac" stages and very soon it will be in your phones(if they even are a thing then) or in your pocket , crazy times and i love it

[@paaq]

Thank you great vid

[@aliabdaal]

Loved this ❤

[@kycheng]

😱 wtf notion god

[@kevinkimiti4754]

@@kycheng wft productivity god

[@gaminghighlights2481]

Yes

[@Muhammed.Yaseen]

wtf wasteman! (jk jk

[@mayavi93]

You wanna try it productively on some websites ?😏

[@nickxc]

I wanna say 12-15 years ago I saw them doing this in a tech demo at UNC chapel hill. They were using a ton of Xbox connect cameras and unbelievably powerful computers. The resolution was much lower and you had limited movement before the parallax effect stopped working, but it's cool to see it actually being developed.

[@illestrated4191]

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[@sorrow2305]

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[@kennykodex]

@@sorrow2305 my boy the comment cop

[@KodexMEDIA]

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[@yungboicontigo9278]

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[@redwolfexr]

I saw a similar very expensive boardroom setup for international meetings where it was designed to feel like one big room with a video wall and and that was 10 years or so ago. (it was a one off project of a major telecom equipment company - they spent a lot of money on the custom coding) I think they may have sold "copies" of it to other companies -- but it started as a major internal development project.

[@Genki-XR]

You did such a great job showing off this tech. How you filmed things did a much better job of actually showing how impressive this looks in-person than the official Google video. Thank you for doing what you do!

[@MajehxKun]

Potential application; complex repair support for military and high-spec infrastructure. The ability to have an engineer review the actual depth of a stress fracture, and the surrounding environment on an oil rig without having to go on site would be immensely valuable, it currently costs about 11 thousand dollars an hour to have them brought by helicopter to a given Syncrude remote site.

[@codyhaak3000]

This sounds like a great way to do virtual interviews, for jobs. No commute and you get to do more realistic body language. Could eliminate anxiety in some people.

[@prospersikhwari5289]

Funny thing is the awkward zoom interviews actually make me more comfortable in interviews. So this will bring back my anxiety like I had back when I had to do in person interviews.

[@blad...]

Agreed with @prosper, this would be so realistic it would make anxious people anxious again.

[@Print2shoot]

@@prospersikhwari5289 we need to put ourselves in those uncomfortable situations tho. Anxiety is healthy, despite what the pharmaceutical industry wants is to believe. One of the worst mistake of my life is getting on anxiety meds. We are getting too comfortable hiding behind tech, and we are all guilty

[@GiacomoCannelli]

Love that you gave Google a way to record their own tech 😂. Practically it's a gigantic Nintendo New3DS. Seems pretty cool thanks for the video ❤

[@ask343]

Would've been so much cooler if the head tracking on the 3DS changed the viewing angle of the game along with your head tho 😅

[@Pixel_J]

The new 3ds did headtracking but didn’t change the angle. But the ProArt Studiobook 16 3D OLED will do that, pretty cool tech.

[@SUJESHGNAYAR]

This will be useful for in depth clinical examination of patients in distant places ❤

[@StubbyPhillips]

One reason the "cutoff for acceptable quality" for the masses is so low is that many people perceive the world around them in a relatively crude way. They remain oblivious to or uninterested in things that are important to people who are more engaged and aware. The "finer points" of many things are indeed lost on them.

[@JacobCarlson]

Can definitely see this being used in the medical field. We've already seen a lot of doctors move to virtual visits when it makes sense and this technology would only expand the types of visits that can happen virtually.

[@jimking81]

Nah.. I'm doctor and I can tell you that one of the most important part of diagnosis is the "touching" and the "feeling" of the patient.

[@hankrik3179]

Nah… I’m a doctor and I can tell you that I have never diagnosed someone by “touching” and “feeling” the patient. I never even look at them before diagnosing them.

[@jimking81]

@@hankrik3179 Diagnosis and saying an opinion are two different things! Google 's search doctor? 😅

[@tedigrizli]

​@@hankrik3179Nah, I'm a doctor and I've never diagnosed someone.

[@hankrik3179]

@@tedigrizli nah I’m a doctor and I am not even a doctor.

[@harbirsingh7266]

I could totally see companies buying a bunch of these for their meeting rooms for when they want to communicate with offices in other locations.

[@DingbatToast]

See HP Presence by Hewlett Packard. It's a non-3d version of this. Been around for years for corporate communication

[@codypieper728]

Only problem, is that I think it only works for one person. The TV screen gives you head tracking, but it can't do it for two screens without some form of headset, etc.

[@harbirsingh7266]

@@codypieper728 it should only be used for one person in the beginning I think. Mostly just executives and office heads talking to each other.

[@CapProminent]

congrats to the Starline team, I really hope google continues to nurture this product.

[@eviain]

Back in the early 2000s we built a few video conferencing system to give remote advisors eye to eye contact with clients for high value products, it was ultimately a bust although the user feedback was very positive. I can see this being useful in some specific use cases especially when one party in the conversation needs to feel a connection, mental heath, medical consultations, legal advice etc.

[@LostWaxProcess]

This tech really has the wow factor- like the future is paying us a little visit and showing us the shape of things to come.

[@LiamDilley]

The presentation quality on your videos at the moment is just insane. Probably one of the best if not best on youtube.

[@iyamuihoghosa9188]

Totally agree!

[@Sora2314]

Amazing work in visualizing what it’s like to actually use this. You’re ahead of the game, sir.

[@robertcarolinar]

Really amazing!

[@d.carter3850]

It is rare to see Marques geeking out over technology. He sees so many new products, and to know this one made him giddy tells me how impressive it really was.

[@whatthefarrukh]

incredibly creative how you managed to get the sense of it on video. that cardboard with cameras was absolutely genius.

[@jairizy]

I can see this being a cool extension to virtual remote therapy/counseling to build upon that 1 on 1 atmosphere.

[@ysa9]

This is so useful for long distance relationships, meetings, interviews, international relatives! I am so up for it

[@ShiningEyeBrigade]

Sounds like an amazing experience, and this was by far the best video I have seen explaining it. As for use cases, I personally would really like to use such a thing to connect with loved ones who live very far away.

[@Print2shoot]

Yeah I was thinking this would be great for my wife so that she could feel closer to her family. Tho we would have to buy 2 lol. I feel like that’s just too expensive

[@dibbidydoo4318]

Google will kill it and we will never see it again like most of their mindbending technology.

[@ShiningEyeBrigade]

@@Print2shoot Yes, was rethinking bout the price too. Just brainstorming, but could be a cool investment for libraries, installed in a private room. Though it might be too niche. Might be worth a pilot though.

[@aryanSharma-qf1me]

5:30 Yooo Marques going Ultra instinct Sicko mode. Lol.