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Title: Google is bringing Beam, its 3D video conferencing tech, to deployed
service members

Link: https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/google-is-brin...

Google has teamed up with the United Service Organizations (USO) to help
deployed service members stay in touch with their families in a different
way. As part of a pilot program, the company is bringing Google Beam, its 3D
video communication tech, to USO service centers in the US and other
countries starting in 2026.

Google suggests that Beam can help military families who are separated by
many miles feel like they are in the same room. While family members can keep
in touch with deployed loved ones through group chats and video calls,
chatting via Beam could help them feel closer together, if the tech works as
well as promised.

We got our first look at Beam ΓÇö then known as Project Starline ΓÇö in 2021.
The holographic teleconferencing system uses 3D imaging, spatial audio and
adaptive lighting to make video chats more immersive. Beam is primarily
intended for enterprise clients (the first such device costs $25,000), but
it's interesting to see Google exploring other applications for the tech.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ar-
vr/google-is-bringing-beam-its-3d-video-conferencing-tech-to-deployed-service-
members-174500517.html?src=rss

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