Google IO17 Notes – VR, AR, and AI – smart realities

Google wants to democratize Artificial Intelligence with Tensor Flow  and API.AI

Conversational UX Platform for products and services – API.AI

Create conversational experiences across platforms: chatbots, smart home automation, connected cars, mobile and web apps, robots, wearables, Enterprise, etc. (6kB)

Sign up to be one of the first to write AI on Google’s new Tensor Processing Units:

These are part of the google computing engine cloud service and are extremely fast for AI-based computing

Visual Positioning Service, Google Lens, and other Visual/AI Combinations

Google’s Visual Positioning Service uses Augmented Reality to find key visual points for indoor navigation withiut GPS or beacons.

Google Lens is also able to pull objects out of photos and create a data presentation. For instance, a photo of the Chicago cityscape could be analyzed and then provide information about the individual buildings.