Google’s 3D teleconferencing platform, now called Beam, will ship later in 2025

Google announced at Google I/O 2025 that it is rebranding Project Starline, its corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging, and recommitting to shipping it this year. Starline, now called Google Beam, will come to “early customers” like Deloitte, Salesforce, Citadel, NEC, and Duolingo later in 2025 via Google’s previously announced partnership with HP, Google said.. When Beam launches, it’ll integrate with Google Meet and other popular videoconferencing services, like Zoom, the company said. Beam uses a combination of software and hardware, including a six-camera array and custom light field display, to let a user converse with someone as if they were in the same meeting room. An AI model converts video from the cameras, which are positioned at different angles and pointed toward the user, into a 3D rendering. Google claims that Beam is capable of “near-perfect” millimeter-level head tracking and 60-frames-per-second video streaming. With Google Meet, Beam also ... Read full article.