![]() This then links your Google Now profile to it, as well as bringing across all of Google’s knowledge about you and your search history. Once you have a Google Home unit you set it up by signing in with your Google account. And nobody does search better than Google. Search is obviously at the core of Google Home. Google has been deliberately minimalist with the design, so the Home hub can sit in almost any environment around the home and blend right in. The device itself is a neat looking thing too, which kind of reminds me of a baby version of Big Hero 6. It’s smart, in that you can talk to it and ask it questions, but it can also perform basic tasks like playing music and media, as well as casting things to your HDTV. Google Home is a smart-home (or connected home) appliance. Here’s six points on what makes Google Home tick. So, yeah, Google just basically one-upped Amazon Echo big time. But because Google Home uses Google services it is likely to be a hell of a lot more useful than Amazon’s Echo, which relies solely on Amazon services. And by similar we mean Google has basically copied the idea lock, stock and barrell. Now, apply this to Google’s already-here AI and pretty soon the intelligence that powers Google Home will start to resembled something truly from the annals of science-fiction. Look how far phones and computers have come in the past decade. This has been shown in films time and time again ever since the 1960s. Pretty soon these “machines” will be thinking for you, telling you you’ve run out of milk, and reminding you to connect with friends and family. And this will be achieved using technology like Google Now, Google Assistant and Google’s deep, personal knowledge of you which it derives from your search history. Android - and Apple and Windows - will soon move beyond phones - transcend them, if you will. Google Home is very much a look into the not too distant future. But here we’re going to be talking about Google Home - which is kind of like a baby version of HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It also introduced Android N, its new Daydream VR platform, a couple of new messaging applications and a whole lot more besides. ![]() Google announced Google Home during the keynote speech at its annual Google I/O 2016 expo. And now Google Home, which is, well, a kind of smart-home accessory that you can talk to and it will perform basic commands like streaming or playing media. No word on pricing yet, but the company says to expect preorders to go up in April.Īnd hey, if you’re a sci-fi fan but can’t get passed the fact Kubrick was trying to tell us something about artificial intelligence, Master Replicas still has you covered with a HAL 9000 mini USB drive.Google is interested in a lot of things these days outside of search: mobile, VR, artificial intelligence, cars and making its own gear like the Pixel line of devices. ![]() Basically, you’re looking at machine that has the same functionality of Amazon’s Echo, with a few surprises as seen in the video above. to manufacture the exact replica of HAL 9000.Īccording to the Verge, the smart home interface - which is powered by Alexa - was given the greenlight in celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary this year. The Master Replicas Group, then, is a new venture comprised of essentially the same team, which explains how the company scored an exclusive license from Warner Bros. The original Master Replicas company was founded in 2003 and produced prop replicas and high-end collectibles for franchises like Lord of the Rings and Star Trek. The iconic supervillain and supercomputer from Stanley Kubrick’s landmark sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey is getting the real-life digital assistant treatment courtesy of Master Replicas Group.īefore you ask, yes it’s legit. If the news of Amazon’s Alexa unprovoked laughing didn’t thoroughly disturb you, maybe a HAL 9000 replica will.
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