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Google Beam: Our AI-first 3D video communication platform
May 20, 2025
Formerly known as Project Starline, Google Beam is a new platform designed to create more meaningful connections.
A few years ago, we introduced Project Starline, a research project with the ambitious goal of redefining video communication. Project Starline enabled remote conversations that felt remarkably like being in the same room, all without the need for specialized glasses or headsets.
Today, we're announcing that Project Starline is evolving into a new 3D video communication platform: Google Beam.
AI is creating meaningful connections
The Google Beam platform will use AI to enable a new generation of devices that help people make meaningful connections, no matter where they are.
Our state-of-the-art AI volumetric video model is what makes these calls appear fully 3D from any perspective. It transforms standard 2D video streams into realistic 3D experiences, allowing you to connect in a more natural and intuitive way.
Google Beam is built on the power and scale of Google Cloud, combined with our expertise in AI. This allows Google Beam to deliver enterprise-grade reliability, compatibility with your existing workflow and true-to-life 3D video communication.
The combination of our AI video model and our light field display creates a profound sense of dimensionality and depth. This is what allows you to make eye contact, read subtle cues and build understanding and trust as if you were face-to-face.
New technology is breaking down language barriers
As part of our mission to help people communicate no matter where they are, we’re also exploring speech translation with Google Beam. This feature, coming today to Google Meet 1 , lets you have authentic, near real-time translated conversations while maintaining voice, tone and expressions.
These nuanced, translated conversations feel like they're happening between people who are physically present, so they can communicate seamlessly despite the distance and language barriers. It's the first step in a broader vision to perfectly see and understand anyone around the world.
Google Beam is coming to the workplace
We’re working with industry leading partners like Zoom and HP to bring Google Beam to enterprises. In just a few weeks, you’ll see the first Google Beam devices from HP at InfoComm and we’ll bring them to select customers starting later this year.
We’re also working with key channel partners such as Diversified and AVI-SPL to bring Google Beam to businesses and organizations worldwide.
The response to Google Beam has been inspiring, and a range of companies are ready to bring it to their teams, including top global organizations like Deloitte, Salesforce, Citadel, NEC, Hackensack Meridian Health, Duolingo and Recruit.
Deloitte is excited about Google Beam as a groundbreaking, innovative step of human connection in the digital age. Our teams and clients confirm this solution is not just a technological breakthrough but a reimagining of how we connect.
Project Starline is nowGoogle Beam
Welcome to the next step in video communication. Google Beam is a new AI-first video communication platform that enables people to come together, collaborate, and connect—life-sized and in 3D.
The future of communication is here
After years of research, we’ve created a new platform that redefines how we connect. Google Beam builds on Project Starline’s breakthrough 3D video technology to enable the next generation of AI-first products designed for true-to-life human connection.
Built to bring us closer
Beam makes remote conversations feel remarkably natural—so you can read a smile, catch a glance, and pick up on all the subtle cues that deepen communication.
Made possible by
Google AI
Powered by Google’s latest breakthroughs in AI, 3D imaging, and light field rendering, Beam brings the depth and realism of in-person meetings to remote conversations. You’ll see people as they truly are, unlocking more attentiveness in meetings, more nonverbal engagement, and less meeting fatigue—without headsets or complex setup.
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