Darn, looks like we were out by one year on this headline: Meet Stadia, yet another thing Google will axe in two years It took three years for Google to kill Stadia
, which will be integrated with YouTube, is expected to launch toward the end of the year. It represents an attempt to make gaming less onerous – playable without installation or downloads – and more powerful – high frame rates and high resolution for multiplayer titles – from a hosted service that can limit cheating and hacking while promoting engagement.
"Another example we have is Waymo, where we use simulations in gaming to test things that aren't actually possible or safe at scale in the real world," said Pichai, noting how its self-driving systems have driven billions of hours in simulations. Part of Google's value proposition for Stadia is its compute infrastructure, spanning 19 regions and 200 countries connected by hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optic cables.
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