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Google has partnered with the USO to deploy HP Dimension 3D video communication devices equipped with Google Beam to 20 USO sites worldwide, helping service members stationed abroad stay connected with their families through lifelike 3D video. The technology captures body language and eye contact in real time; it was previously piloted between Trzebień, Poland, and Fort Bliss, Texas, and is now expanding to Grafenwöhr, Germany, and Fort Hood, Texas. Google also released a documentary directed by veteran Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, chronicling the reunion stories of four military families. Sundar Pichai later said it was moving to see deployed soldiers share moments with their children through Google Beam, and thanked the U.S. Army and the USO for making it happen.
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Oct 28
Sundar Pichai
Pichai: Deployed soldiers connect with their children via Beam
Sundar Pichai said it was moving to see deployed soldiers share a moment with their children through Google Beam, and thanked the U.S. Army and the USO for making it happen. In the quoted post, Josh Woodward announced that Google is partnering with the U.S. Army and the USO to deploy Google Beam to 20 locations, enabling deployed service members to have lifelike 3D video calls with their families.
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Josh Woodward
Google Beam partners with the U.S. Army and USO to serve deployed service members
To mark the National Day of the Deployed, Google partnered with @USArmy and @The_USO to deploy Google Beam to 20 locations, enabling deployed service members to have lifelike 3D video calls with their families.
Oct 26
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Google Beam and USO partnership expands to 20 sites worldwide
Google has partnered with USO to deploy HP Dimension 3D video communication devices powered by Google Beam to 20 USO sites worldwide, helping service members stationed abroad stay connected with their families through lifelike 3D video. The technology captures body language and eye contact in real time; it was previously piloted between Trzebień, Poland and Fort Bliss, Texas, and is now expanding to Grafenwöhr, Germany and Fort Hood, Texas. Google has also released a documentary directed by veteran Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, chronicling the reunion stories of four military families.
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