<s>
Project	B-Device
Starline	I-Device
is	O
an	O
experimental	O
video	B-Application
communication	I-Application
method	O
currently	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
see	O
a	O
3D	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
person	O
they	O
are	O
communicating	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
product	O
at	O
its	O
2021	B-Application
I/O	I-Application
developer	I-Application
conference	I-Application
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
"	O
talk	O
naturally	O
,	O
gesture	O
and	O
make	O
eye	O
contact	O
"	O
by	O
utilizing	O
machine	O
learning	O
,	O
spatial	O
audio	O
,	O
computer	O
vision	O
and	O
real-time	O
compression	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
3D	O
effect	O
without	O
the	O
user	O
wearing	O
typical	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
goggles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Device
Starline	I-Device
had	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
five	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
announcement	O
on	O
May	O
18	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
is	O
currently	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
offices	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
company	O
plans	O
to	O
begin	O
collaborating	O
with	O
certain	O
partners	O
in	O
the	O
next	O
year	O
,	O
particularly	O
partners	O
in	O
the	O
healthcare	O
and	O
media	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
reorganized	O
under	O
a	O
new	O
division	O
called	O
Google	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
(	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
defunct	O
service	O
of	B-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
)	O
along	O
with	O
Area	B-Application
120	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
AR	O
and	O
VR	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
will	O
begin	O
testing	O
the	O
technology	O
with	O
corporations	O
such	O
as	O
Salesforce	B-Application
and	O
T-Mobile	O
beginning	O
in	O
late	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
implementation	O
of	O
Project	B-Device
Starline	I-Device
is	O
a	O
booth	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
sits	O
in	O
,	O
facing	O
a	O
"	O
light	O
field	O
display	O
,	O
"	O
surrounded	O
by	O
depth	O
sensors	O
,	O
cameras	O
,	O
and	O
lights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
says	O
it	O
plans	O
to	O
"	O
make	O
this	O
technology	O
more	O
affordable	O
and	O
accessible.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jay	O
Peters	O
of	O
The	O
Verge	O
was	O
impressed	O
by	O
a	O
demo	O
of	O
Project	B-Device
Starline	I-Device
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
"	O
real	O
life	O
science	O
fiction	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
