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From Moo Deng to solar eclipses: Google recaps 2024’s viral moments with new doodle and video

Google’s latest animated Doodle celebrates 2024’s Breakout Searches, i.e., terms with a whopping 5,000% increase in search interest in the year. The Doodle features Moo Deng, the Solar Eclipse, and other references. The Year in Search 2024 film also highlights other notable moments, such as the Northern Lights, the cicada emergence, the achievements of various

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Here’s the first official Android XR live demo featuring Samsung ‘Project Moohan’ headset

Credit: Google/Bilawal Sidhu A new on-stage demo video shows Android XR’s capabilities, including multimodal interactions, spatial windows for apps, and immersive Google TV and Maps experiences. The Google presenters in the video are wearing Samsung’s upcoming “Project Moohan” headset and controlling the experience using hand gestures and Gemini voice commands. The demo highlights how users

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Google Unveils Gemini 2.0

Google unveiled Gemini 2.0 yesterday, almost exactly one year after Google’s initial Gemini launch. The new release offers enhanced multimodal capabilities like native image and audio output, real-time tool use, and advanced reasoning to enable agentic experiences, such as acting as a universal assistant or research companion. VentureBeat reports: During a recent press conference, Tulsee

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Android XR is a brand new operating system specifically for VR/AR devices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuq9vS2f1fI Today, Google announced Android XR, a brand new operating system for AR/VR devices. The company hopes Android XR can unify the messy XR hardware industry, similar to what Android did for smartphones. Samsung will launch a VR headset powered by Android XR in 2025, codenamed “Project Moohan.” In 2008, Google announced the commercial launch

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