All New Gaming Platform! Google Launches Cloud Gaming Service Stadia
The tech giant believes that game developers will no longer be limited to computing and will be able to create games with "nearly unlimited resources".
Google Photos on the web allows users to hover over a video to get a preview, but it does not autoplay like on Android, the report noted. Pixabay
Google has unveiled its Cloud gaming service called Stadia at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) here.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced the Stadia service during a special keynote at the GDC late on Tuesday.
Google will also launch a game controller to use with its service called the Stadia controller. Pixabay
“This opens the possibility of Cloud-based gaming, which technically “streams” the game to a controller and display,” the GSMArena reported .
The platform is essentially a Cloud-based infrastructure where game developers would be able to design and write games to run directly on the Internet giant’s hardware at data centres.
“It’s a nice looking one with a dedicated screenshot button, a Google Assistant shortcut and a built-in microphone. The controller has two joysticks, four action buttons, a full-size directional pad and two shoulder buttons on either side,” the report added. Pixabay
The tech giant believes that game developers will no longer be limited to computing and will be able to create games with “nearly unlimited resources”.
Google will also launch a game controller to use with its service called the Stadia controller.
“It’s a nice looking one with a dedicated screenshot button, a Google Assistant shortcut and a built-in microphone. The controller has two joysticks, four action buttons, a full-size directional pad and two shoulder buttons on either side,” the report added. (IANS)
The company collects street imagery via a fleet of Street View cars, each equipped with nine cameras that capture high-definition imagery from every vantage point possible
There's also the Street View trekker on Google Maps, a backpack that collects imagery from places where driving isn't possible.
Google Maps have captured more than 10 million miles of Street View imagery – a distance that could circle the globe over 400 times.
The company announced on Friday that Google Earth now lets people browse more than 36 million square miles of high definition satellite images from various providers – covering more than 98 per cent of the entire population – to see the world from above.
“While these stunning photos show us parts of the world we may never get a chance to visit, they also help Google Maps accurately model a world that is changing each day,” said Thomas Escobar, Senior Product Manager, Google Maps.
The idea of Street View started as a side project more than 12 years ago as part of a goal to map the entire world.
The company collects street imagery via a fleet of Street View cars, each equipped with nine cameras that capture high-definition imagery from every vantage point possible.
“These cameras are athermal, meaning that theya�re designed to handle extreme temperatures without changing focus so they can function in a range of environments,” Escobar added.
Each Street View car includes its own photo processing center and lidar sensors that use laser beams to accurately measure distance.
There’s also the Street View trekker, a backpack that collects imagery from places where driving isn’t possible.
These trekkers are carried by boats, sheep, camels, and even scout troops to gather high quality photos from multiple angles, often in some of the hardest-to-map places around the world.
Google Maps have captured more than 10 million miles of Street View imagery – a distance that could circle the globe over 400 times. Pixabay
In 2019 alone, Street View images from the Google Maps community have helped the company assign addresses to nearly seven million buildings in previously under-mapped places like Armenia, Bermuda, Lebanon, Myanmar, Tonga, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe.
Once Google collects photos, it uses a technique called photogrammetry to align and stitch together a single set of images.
“These images show us critically important details about an area-things like roads, lane markings, buildings and rivers, along with the precise distance between each of these objects. All of this information is gathered without ever needing to set foot in the location itself,” said Google. (IANS)
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