Google I/O 2025, the tech giant officially unveiled Google Beam, an AI-first 3D video communication platform that evolves from its earlier research effort, Project Starline. Designed to make remote conversations feel like real-life interactions, Google Beam leverages cutting-edge AI and light field technology to bring depth, nuance, and natural human presence to virtual meetings—without the need for headsets or glasses.
Beam works by converting standard 2D video streams into realistic 3D visuals using a sophisticated AI volumetric video model. Combined with Google’s cloud-scale infrastructure and AI expertise, Beam aims to offer enterprise-grade reliability with the kind of lifelike immersion that allows for eye contact, reading expressions, and more intuitive communication. In essence, Google wants to make digital meetings feel a lot less digital.
One of Beam’s most powerful features is AI-powered speech translation, which has now started rolling out to Google Meet. This tool can translate conversations in near real-time while preserving the original speaker’s tone, voice, and even expressions. Whether you’re chatting with a colleague in Spanish or discussing a project with a client in Japanese, Beam’s translation engine ensures nothing is lost in conversation. For global teams, especially in multilingual countries like India, this could be a game-changer.
To bring this futuristic technology into real-world enterprise environments, Google is partnering with leading hardware and conferencing giants such as Zoom and HP. HP is expected to debut the first commercial Google Beam devices at InfoComm in the coming weeks. Enterprise adoption will begin with select customers later this year, and global rollout is expected to expand in partnership with integrators like Diversified and AVI-SPL.
For Indian businesses operating across geographies or multilingual regions, Google Beam could redefine how virtual collaboration happens—bringing more human connection to client presentations, remote hiring, product demos, and boardroom discussions.
With Google Beam, Google isn’t just upgrading video calls—it’s reinventing presence. As it enters the enterprise landscape, the question is no longer whether hybrid work is here to stay—it’s how lifelike it can get.
