There were other examples and games shown, but my favorite was the memory game where Gemini was shown some more items on that table, but was given information such as “Gemini, this is my friend Sam, this is my friend Tom, and this is my friend Sandy,” then the items were removed and Gemini was asked questions like “Do you remember who Sam was?” to which Gemini would respond, “Yes, Sam was the plush dog,” and so on. It was quite impressive considering how fast and how natural the conversation between the AI and the human were.
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We were given a chance to ask some questions about it, and one that I asked was whether this would be a mobile-only tool. I was genuinely curious about being able to use it on the web using my laptop’s camera. However, the answer was that for now this is meant to be part of the Gemini app on Android, and from the looks of what we saw in the video, on smart glasses.
Project Astra, which stands for “advanced seeing and talking responsive agent,” is truly a look into the future of AI and how it can become immensely helpful in our day-to-day lives. Being able to see, process, and remember information that it saw before, while being able to hold a proactive and natural conversation with you at the same time, is a huge step above what Gemini can do now. Project Astra is slated to launch as part of the Gemini app on Android later this year, and I can’t wait to see all the ways in which I will be able to use it.