ISSUE 88 • ANDROID ADVISOR 9the concept of a
‘document’ from an
electronic facsimile
of a piece of paper
to something that
embraces the modern
digitized workspace,
but Google’s Smart
Canvas is how Google
seesthefutureof
work.GoogleCanvas
takesa GoogleDoc
file, say, and basicallymakesit a living,
always-evolvingdocumentbylinking
topeople,tasks, and files via linked
‘smartchips’,andmore.
Asa relatedinitiative,Googlealso
saidthatit’sallowingDocs,Slides,and
Sheetsdocumentstobesharedand
collaboratedwithinGoogleMeet,and
willaddMeetvideochatdirectlyto
thosedocumentsin thefall– noneed
toswitchfromoneapptoanother.
FormoredetailscheckoutourSmart
Canvasstoryonpage12.
PROJECTSTARLINE
GoogleMeetmayallowyoutosee
a friendorcolleaguea fewhundred
milesaway via video, but they’ll still
look like they’re sitting in a distant
room. Project Starline aims to eliminate
that feeling of disconnect with a new
combination of super high-definition
video and depth cameras, connected by
a high-speed interface that’s augmented
by digital compression.
Essentially, what Starline is showing
you is less of a 2D video representation
than a high-res 3D model. Google’s
only implementing it at its campus for
now, but maybe we’ll see a commercial
version later on.
Whew! That’s all from Google I/O for
this year. Now, we’ll have to wait until we
see these features in the real world.Google’s Project Starline fuses high-resolution video and 3D.