Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together

Imagine looking through a sort of magic window, and through that window, you see another person, life-size and in three dimensions. Project Starline is a technology project from Google that combines advances in hardware and software to enable friends, families and co-workers to feel together, even when they're cities (or countries) apart. Learn more at g.co/projectstarline.
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[@devshekhawat7]

trailer of this new black mirror episode looks amazing

[@gaiadgets4343]

was thinking the same thing; they just need to work on bad ending

[@BilalQureshi-pi9tz]

Totally agree, maybe that's where we are heading.

[@bayfire9982]

100%

[@jordaneil]

let's make every effort to keep people from real interaction and in their homes. another piece of the puzzle in controlling the masses.

[@levelUpJosh_]

@@jordaneil uh no this is about long distance communication...

[@icyliciousblue]

imagine having recorded a conversation with someone dear to you who later died, just imagine...

[@hafizhkan-]

imagine the Ai will learn the way his/her speaking, talking pattern, 3D model, then it'll generate a new him/her so you can naturally have a conversation wth him/her again, like, whoa.

[@VivekYadav-ds8oz]

@@hafizhkan- GPT-3 + this == sci-fi

[@user-uv8xl1qq8g]

@@hafizhkan- But it must be truly heart breaking to sit down and talk face-to-face with someone already dead just the way people featured in the video did. It's all fun and games until you realize the other party is actually diseased and non-existent anymore.

[@icyliciousblue]

@@hafizhkan- right? scary but exciting

[@MashDaddy]

@@hafizhkan- yes, but it takes several samples of all the word sounds to train the Ai - if you get 20 minutes of your grandma/pa recorded of good clean audio, you can do it.

[@sh4unity204]

Now imagine the 3D lag/glitch when the wifi connection fluctuates. How scarring that will be to see in reality 😂

[@pumpuppthevolume]

xD well it could be just stuck and the loading circle comes up

[@Paritosh2646p]

@Windows 10 may be

[@navneetk]

Reminds me of a scene from silicon valley.

[@krishnaaditya2086]

Big head and Belson from Silicon valley😂

[@DJcatamount]

Hooli technology xD

[@therealsarahkhan]

*Google in a few years:* hey remember when you could see people in 3d? yeah well now you can also touch them through the screen

[@elliebelly6980]

That would be cool

[@CoacolaPVP]

Probably as AI and VR advances we'll see that

[@KarlaSro]

like in black mirror

[@therealsarahkhan]

@@CoacolaPVP Definitely, there's always a possibility for what's next

[@therealsarahkhan]

@@KarlaSro Yep exactly

[@BenjaminHari]

Future looks really promising...this is just barely a start, who knows what will happen in near future. Can't wait....

[@RockPKK]

Agree and Dogecoin is the future too

[@senor-fa-von-dia]

Amazing isn't it the future, can't wait until we all have virtual friends and we just look at food and taste it.

[@neeljavia2965]

@@senor-fa-von-dia Ok boomer.

[@senor-fa-von-dia]

@@neeljavia2965 glad you see sense Neil Bavia

[@henrikledin4166]

@@senor-fa-von-dia how did you mess that name up 💀

[@noisykestrel]

This could be life-changing for people in long distance relationships...

[@bombtv8915]

rich long distance couple*

[@Romy---]

Eeeerrrrm... no. I don't see what difference it would make in a relationship than just "FaceTiming". This is still just a video call. They still can't see each other in real life and can't touch each other. This is just a realistic video call, it would make no difference whatsoever. Not more than just look better.

[@Romy---]

@@bombtv8915 if they're rich they'd probably see each other often and the relationship wouldn't be that hard anyway lol.

[@vetisianinc]

Long distance and relationship should not be used together

[@abdelhakwinston6200]

i hope someone cleans that screen after im done

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

"Screen off. Mr. Worf, phasers at the ready." "Red alert. Shields up!"

[@lukehollomon319]

Sounds like we've got a friend of DeSoto up in here.

[@TechWithBrett]

Wow! The is like VR & AR & real life all mixed into one.

[@xolo1215]

VAR then, it is

[@yupickmyusername]

VR + AR = Mixed Reality (MR)

[@austinjoseph2881]

Holograms?

[@234muhammedhijasam3]

@@austinjoseph2881 naah

[@jmmagsaysay8274]

And hope in the coming year. Google would be able to resurrect dead people using AI and 3d imaging.

[@SovietLensReviews]

I can spot compression artifacts, and that's a good thing! Makes it look like a piece of technology that is actually working.

[@dpsdps01]

That's artifacts from the realtime 3D capture.

[@extra4542]

EXACTLY. It wasn’t overly perfect which shows it might actually be functioning in real life

[@Borednerds]

I had to look at it again to catch it. But you're totally right I see some, especially in the hair. No glasses required :)

[@alphadream953]

+ it looks cool as hell like in star wars

[@neziltoncabral6484]

Ļ

[@muratabigf]

Baby steps Google... Try implementing 1080p on Google Meet first...

[@mrmr4622]

Or fixing KZbins resolution quality back

[@DigitalKid14]

🤣🤣 Damn that was amazing

[@rou_dhi]

How lucky I am to live in this era of time and witness all this greatness being made by humans

[@yangyun6221]

My imagination is an AI trained to be a duplicate of myself. And communicate with my daughter after I am gone.

[@ShashwatPanda]

Wow, that's deep. Kind of reminds me of that black mirror episode..

[@mapkbalaji]

Not so far away...

[@andreagraham6185]

No such thing as bad machines, only bad coders. Machines are faithful to do what a coder programs them to do. So long as we don't choose to bow down and worship them or otherwise put them in a position of authority over us ourselves they shouldn't suddenly spontaneously evolve a desire to rebel against their creators and enslave us. That fear projects humanity's own issues onto machines that don't have our ability to question how we're "programmed" and set ourselves up as the coder who decides what is right and wrong, what is true and false, etc. Machines can't develop the feared level of sentience on their own; their developers would have to make them that way. That said, if ever there was a way to do it by accident, it'd likely involve uploading ourselves and marrying ourselves to machines, including a Hitler-type, but that would still be the oops of a good machine stupidly carrying out the will of a Hitler-type. :)

[@MashDaddy]

TruMedicines can do that now (not in high def)

[@ashleydarkstone1949]

It will be possible in the future, but the ethics and legality around it will be the challenge. Like, if we have an AI doppelganger, would it have any rights? An extension of our own rights perhaps? And could those rights persist after death, so the AI can legally carry out our wishes long after we're gone? There's a lot to work out even aside from the technical aspects.

[@ikevinrivers]

I can see this having huge applications in the restaurant space. Imagine these things in a Starbucks, like their new Viewable Room where people can drink coffee even when they are miles away apart?

[@fitopineda5192]

Hey man, that’s an awesome idea, I’m gonna buy a bunch of them and put them in a cafe, you’re a genius

[@rbela76]

I was thinking about just something similar, having dinners with family friends, having the table set in front of the screen and feeling their presence. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Eid, Birthdays, you name it. I would love to have something like this.

[@tusharkhan3133]

"Don't say goodbye" that hit hard man

[@kevinwang442]

That right there, is how technology should be. It's there to warm our hearts and to break limits.

[@mrmr4622]

watch it being eventually used for something sinister

[@rasalas91]

thats so beautiful I could cry (I kinda do). The everpromised future is so close

[@RinoMoen]

Have you heard about this new thing that let's you touch each other's faces and actually hug? It's called really being next to each other

[@Aecor]

@@RinoMoen heard of corona.

[@umamifan]

@@Aecor heard of vaccines.

[@Aecor]

@@umamifan heard people working abroad. Or vaccine shortage

[@robertoacj]

I really hope this isn't a "simulated" depiction of what it will be. It's a really great thing and makes me emotional just by thinking I could see someone almost realistically through a pane of glass.

[@treylorswift]

I don't think the actual video display is what you are seeing in this video. Of course I don't know for sure but that would be my bet. Anyone want to take that bet?

[@imagenfilms]

@@treylorswift As the director of this piece, I can confidently say that this was all captured in real-time on a 3D screen. It was an oddly real experience for everyone, including myself.

[@gus473]

@@imagenfilms Thanks for vouching for that! Yes, wow, truly amazing! 😎✌🏼

[@treylorswift]

@@imagenfilms Well alright then =) Thanks!

[@treylorswift]

@@imagenfilms what does it look like from extreme angles? I assume the illusion breaks down if you get too far away from a direct straight-on view.

[@zekiz774]

This remembers me on Prey's Looking Glass. This is impressive.

[@jasongaunt]

Hopefully there's no mimics involved...

[@arnabbiswasalsodeep]

@@jasongaunt maybe you were the typhoon all along!

[@laurent.treguier]

My thoughts exactly

[@mrmr4622]

Or Blade Runner projection people

[@iamlaksh]

Please invite me and my nephew for this. I haven't met my newly born nephew and he is already 18 months old. It will be so nice to have this experience

[@akhilharidasan7828]

This will bring people much closer. Something more advanced than video conference. Loved it

[@middle_kid]

This takes that 'quarantine feels like jail' feeling to another level

[@user-uv8xl1qq8g]

Can you see them from different angles???? If that's the case, it almost feels like a magic to me. Unbelievable.

[@hanneshuber3d]

You can!! I think it's the same tech like it's built in the Looking Glass Portrait for example, from the Looking Glass Factory :D

[@hanneshuber3d]

It's really magical!!!

[@shikharsinha6407]

Well, it's 3D modelling of the entire person so sure you can.

[@hanneshuber3d]

@@shikharsinha6407 Yeah, but that doesn't automatically have to mean that the image shown on the display would adapt to your viewing angle (if it was a regular display). But because Google uses a lightfield display, it does that automatically through splitting the light into different directions with a complex prism panel. So you see a different part of the picture and a different perspective of the person shown from each angle. I find it fascinating that it's not even done digitally! 🙈😮

[@hanneshuber3d]

@@shikharsinha6407 Please correct me, if I'm wrong with my assumption :)

[@dugogadisa5944]

I need this to teach the community from my office, being they are at their home. This is really fantastic, and I seriously need it in my dream!

[@slackstation]

One of the recommended videos after this was the Google Wave demo from 2009. Hopefully, this doesn't turn out like that.

[@KeithMoon1980]

Pour one out for Google Wave 😪

[@mrmr4622]

Or Google Glasses

[@MaximeMorin1]

I wish they could do this to a tv. Imagine a top cinema has this technology, that would be mind blowing you would see your favorite actors in real life. Like so that google can make this idea a reality.

[@thetimecapsuleproject4090]

Imagine someone streaming live with this technology...

[@Marcousse]

it would actually feel like you’re meeting your favorite celebrity in real life! I literally cannot wait for this to happen 😍

[@Sir_Michael_II]

uh that may not end well depending on the type of stream

[@kyne2692]

I can already hear the coomers

[@paulgochoa]

and this costs so much that you'll just end up calling them on messenger:)

[@carla8478]

It'll drop over time

[@mariejpc]

I think that maybe this would be something normal in a few years, now it's expensive asf but imagine in 20 or 30 years

[@electron8262]

I can imagine this operating like a phone booth where you pay for time.

[@mrmr4622]

@Melanin Queen now they got wallpaper tvs that are mostly unaffordable, but yeah, once something better comes along previous stuff gets cheaper

[@dukernuker3844]

I don't see anything costly at this project. 3d cameras and 3d screens had become more affordable.

[@issaccoltman6249]

"We believe this is where person-to-person communication technology can and should go, and in time, our goal is to make this technology more affordable and accessible, including bringing some of these technical advancements into our suite of communication products."

[@LionElAtonArt]

This is absolutely mindblowing.

[@ginatails]

This looks really interesting! It's like photogrammetry but it's real-time, and being used for video calls.

[@indigenaurbano]

So good the lack of human contact, the lack of hug, the frustration when saying goodbye. Write a letter, meet in person. DT googgggllle

[@dhirajphuyal4080]

This seems so surreal and the project is just in its infancy. I can't imagine what the future holds, this is so cool.

[@kishankanhaiya__2]

I really hope this is scalable and can be used by the masses.

[@salauddin47]

Epic Use Of Technology & Engineering 👍Nice Initiative 🎉

[@haroonzulfqar6068]

Imagine if u could record a call with ur close relatives and then play it back on this, after they passed away so u could see them alive once again

[@johannes7434]

I have a feeling the Starline project is a preparation for when AR really kicks in. Those two together will be wild. And you could save a few peoples 3D models (like family members) to their device locally so there isn't too much data that needs to be streamed. Essentially having the person you're talking to projected into the room you are in in 3D via AR (glasses or contact lenses)

[@user-ng4wo1jh9q]

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[@DavidG2P]

Milf? Member?

[@rohanbhatia3013]

This is so cool! My dog wouldn't recognize me in video calls. I guess this magic pane gives a 3D structure to the person on the other side. So, maybe my dog would recognize me. I wish it could also simulate smell too.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Personally, I'd pay good money not to see my relatives.

[@Sir_Michael_II]

okay

[@bevis315]

Amen !

[@abdelhakwinston6200]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@January_Cold]

Please hurry up! I'm deaf and I use ASL and this has me hyped like nothing else before!

[@gavnotv5411]

Definitely excited to try this out and review.

[@AB3kicks]

So like a jail visit lol this is super cool tho

[@alegortiz]

This reminds me of an Asimov novel, "Naked Sun", the people of "Solaria" and the adoption of social distancing as a culture.

[@suyashsingh2646]

will read it

[@erebostd]

Wow. I hope this gets broadly available, maybe with a smaller screen or something, or with the help of a TV and a 3D Camera (and a shift in perspective, obviously). Wow.

[@WarlordMoA]

Now I can see this project starline useful in many ways, remote group meetings, and in the near future we could see breaking news floating in front of our eyes VR + AR, and in first shooter games.

[@hugodc1225]

I really see that tech used to make lightweight VR glasses!

[@ahmed4kp]

This is amazing, so we can study semi physical classes from around the world, I guess it's the same thing like attending the actual classes.

[@vr4ever645]

Thats what Looking Glas €oes. Cant wait for my looking glas portrait!🚀

[@Birdylockso]

Imagine this plus a headset and a set of gloves. Mind blowing stuff.

[@randycurry1570]

This is insane! Would be so great to have

[@pedlar7379]

It looked like just a really good representation on 2D than a holographic image. I mean they didn't show it looking from different angles at the same time, it was only the front view i.e. 2D the entire time. So I guess it isn't what I expected with a 'holographic' display. That being said, the quality and realism seemed exceptional.

[@MichaelBohemian]

THIS is your holograms ladies and gentlemen. This is also AR tech from Google Glass at a large scale thatll make things like AR glasses show real 3d images oppose to 3D on a 2D plane.

[@JohnGottschalk]

Ummm, not at all!

[@JohnGottschalk]

Holograms *should* not exist in physical space, they *should* be an overlay on reality. The goal of AR glasses (augmented reality) and the idea of holograms is you could spawn them anywhere. Physical cube displays for 3D images have already existed for some time, they've just gotten nicer, and they're finding consumer level applications for them. This is just a physical cube display in 1 single space. So, in that room you will be able to see someone / objects in 3D without needing glasses, but it won't be transferrable outside that room. It's just a nice fancy screen that does a little more than your current screens, except much less portable.

[@justpranjal6914]

ALUMNI from BLACK MIRROR y’all know the VIBE !

[@siddhantkhare2775]

Congratulations Google for 10 Million Subscribers.....

[@helena_is_a_penguin]

I miss my grandma so much. She lives in India all by herself. She raised my mom and my uncle as a single parent and has achieved so much. I live in Austria and I haven't seen her since December of 2019. I miss even more every day ❤️

[@arivivic]

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[@seh-yazz]

this feels so unreal, almost like an april fools video, but it’s real it’s real it’s real, omg i can’t 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🤯 tech put to good use once again🤝

[@asmrbyst]

Amazing AI & VR combination!!!

[@vinayakahuja9727]

Just one word for this "WOW"

[@reikromulis7747]

Now imagine the creatures from the other side of the magic glass reach out and grab you. You are pulled in never seen again, working for google forever after.

[@Sir_Michael_II]

As an engineering student, I see this as a good thing

[@apoorvayush]

Super amazing. Cant wait to see this in action!

[@pumpuppthevolume]

search for Looking Glass Factory ....it already exists but it's not cheap or perfect ...but it's pretty awesome

[@humectanianha8261]

Love how vividly everyone dresses~

[@ShellymanStudios]

This is cool and scary at the same time. It's crazy how technology evolving so quickly!

[@kex0]

How is it scary? It blows my mind, whenever there is some new technology or something I always see people saying it's scary and I can never understand why.

[@metinhesenov]

@@kex0 Ikr? Well I can understand that for AI technology or maybe VR but other of them just makes me so hyped how my life will more comfortable, easier etc.

[@justkarkat9575]

@@kex0 for me its more scary how fast its coming, and what could also be on the line in just a few years

[@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938]

Imagine putting an advanced AI with this...has some very amazing and unnerving potential...

[@metinhesenov]

@@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938 holograms 😄

[@zerotosixtyinthree]

Very useful in certain situations. Business and seeing family that live too far away. And of course this will change the adult industry big time! Otherwise it’s like FaceTime to me. I’d rather text first, phone call second if absolutely necessary and video call on rare occasions with family.

[@MegaVin99]

I absolutely loved this innovation from Google

[@joey_hayy]

Very inspiring, Google! Excellent 👌🏼

[@jonathanbrady3236]

This is AWESOME!

[@HaiLeQuang]

Here in my country we call this technology: a TV

[@JishithGangadharan]

phenomenal ! Congrats team Google!

[@IsabellaRamosbr]

Remember google glass? This is an interrotron on a big screen. It's just people being able to make eye contact because the camera is behind a mirror. But, we need something like it to keep up this video chat existence.

[@normalbutyl]

Me: passes blunt to hologram Also me : Damn. *hits blunt again

[@SpiritRaps]

😂😂😂

[@RobertStrongMagic]

Wow! This IS magic!

[@relo4727]

Yeah but not really though

[@aryan201]

@@relo4727 it is magic though, or it feels like it

[@relo4727]

@@aryan201 I mean I get what you're saying but it kind of dismisses all the development and engineering that goes into projects like this. It's technology created by a bunch of smart people.

[@aryan201]

@@relo4727 Yup but wouldn't you say calling someone's work so surreal and ahead that it's time that it's magic is kinda of a compliment? but that depends on how you see it

[@relo4727]

@@aryan201 Yeah for sure I see that way of thinking about it but I wouldn't say that. Maybe I'm biased because I work in IT though.

[@JosephIanCKing]

Awesome Black Mirror 🪞

[@ideatorx]

This is mind shattering

[@studybuddy_ind]

Wow! This is elite!

[@carlosmiguelaquino8030]

Imagine the different kinds of por... Nevermind.

[@jeffwonchuloh]

I love it. It blows my mind. Thanks Google. Thanks.

[@Vlican]

we need this tech NOW more than ever before

[@MrSatyre1]

Why?

[@mdsalauddinkhan9368]

I thought this idea way back when I was in Class 8-9.This is indeed fascinating....

[@nivethan_me]

your comment sounds like google copied your own idea, we all have many ideas but implement them practically is totally a different thing

[@crieverytim]

You thought of 3d holographic video calls??? Lol. And then what?

[@TheWolverous]

In 10 years we can talk to a "real" Freddie Mercury with AI. Awesome.

[@jd87a]

You definitely accurately captured what this video is about

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@jd87a uP

[@VivekYadav-ds8oz]

@Michael Angelo Tomboc It's definitely unnatural, but it can really help people with trauma of their lost loved ones.

[@user-uv8xl1qq8g]

and make him cover a song that was released well after he had died

[@jamesking2822]

Definitely something I look forward to purchasing 👍

[@I_dont_want_an_at]

yep, that's why the future I Imagine doesn't seem so impossible

[@eformance]

I wonder how much of the realism is created by the mirror box projection, lighting, and proper cameras? Could you achieve something half as good for 1/10th the effort and cost? The mirror box projection adds depth, just like old standup arcades that used it. Then projecting people at life size using a large screen contributes to realism. Finally, good lighting with a 4k camera image tops off the experience. That last piece, the 3D capture and rendering, how much does it add to the experience? Is it the last 1%, .1% or is it 50% of the experience?

[@rsilvers129]

" Could you achieve something half as good for 1/10th the effort and cost?" Possibly better, depending on what the latency is. We had video conferencing in 1990 that had no perceivable latency, so that was already likely better than this.

[@TeluguSuperhumans]

Wow! Wow! Wow!

[@jhonwickcreations2644]

Bro deeni meedha video chey👍

[@AyushJJ]

You're Gonna Need A Really Powerful & Stable Internet Connection For This Thing To Work... So Technically, This Technology's Gonna Take Atleast 3 Years To Reach The Masses.

[@ale14lopezT]

I want this to see my family in Colombia! Im living in Brazil and miss them so much! :(

[@theawesomeman4622]

I have family and friends all over this globe we live on. Having something like this (like ad a dresser mirror or something) one day would make a huge difference for me and everyone I know. I really hope this makes it to the consumer market. Since it does a 3d model of you I bet it could be possible to enable it for other uses (try on new haircuts/hair colors, try on cloths and glasses and makeup looks with tutorials for girls. Or new beard styles.) Heck it might even be good for a doctors quick visit or enable psychiatrist to meet up with patients who have anxiety and can't leave home easily or at all. I can imagine so many uses for such a tech.

[@rishikumargupta5840]

Is this using that looking glass tech. I'm really happy to see it.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

yep same thing

[@sunnexart]

Just woow I really don’t have words to describe it

[@sirbughunter]

It still has some problems to solve. But with time it's going to be indistinguishable from real life 🤩

[@mohdkamranhusain4207]

My god I've been thinking bout this every time I vdo chat and eyes don't match . This is great love to work on this cool thingy when ever in future I join Google.

[@Optimistas777]

What Google thinks ppl will use this for: *grandmas* What ppl will actually use this for: 🍑🍑🍑🍑

[@ajudicator]

This made me laugh out loud. Best comment ever hahahha

[@petrascvirka9880]

LOOOOL

[@GauravSingh-gd7oq]

Now thats called innovation

[@ivagoo]

Gonna see and try this in the future!!

[@inactiveytchannel]

Imagine showing this to people in 14th century

[@Sir_Michael_II]

BURN IT

[@mrmr4622]

Kinda interesting that before major tech advances all such things were unimaginable, but with all the stuff that exists already or was depicted in sci-fi its almost impossible to impress us to anywhere near the same degree.

[@inactiveytchannel]

@@mrmr4622 exactly

[@guenole_k]

Impressive !!!!

[@KrishLius]

amazing. can't wait for my pixel to do this

[@ChamnanMuon]

Wow!!! That's wonderful features ❤️.

[@markIrSa]

I wonder how long this project will last before google ditches the idea, just like everything else

[@tanveersingh5423]

When the thing comes out: "dude, your mouth is on your forehead and both your ears are on one side, my baby is getting scared..let's talk on phone it is laggy AF"

[@KiraCuraMusic]

I cried. If this could b for everyone... it could do so much good...

[@dilipshirke]

Awesome! Waiting to get hands-on

[@sampath8687]

Woah, I see a new feature in the hub 😂