Besides schooling the thousands of attending developers on how to best integrate its products and services, Google uses its biggest event of the year to show off all the cool new tech it’s been working on and to lay out its vision for the future.
Here’s everything we’re expecting to see at Google’s I/O conference:
Sundar Pichai will define the new era of Google.
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Sundar Pichai was handed the keys to the Google kingdom in August, after a big corporate restructuring created the Alphabet parent company and crowned him CEO of the Google subsidiary. Pichai headlined the event last year, but this year will mark his big coming out party as the leader setting Google’s agenda going forward.
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Since Google introduced its deceptively simple Cardboard headset back at its 2014 conference, virtual reality has turned into the next big battleground, with Facebook and Samsung all making big bets on the technology.
This year’s schedule is packed with VR-themed presentations, including several about filmaking.
We’re expecting Google to talk about a rumored new interface for Android that any developer can use to build VR apps. Reports have also hinted that Google might release a new VR headset, though Google may not actually show it off at I/O:
