Google I/O, a playground for developers (pictures)
Check out the festivallike atmosphere of Google's conference for computer programmers.
Shiny sign
Branding as sculpture at Google I/O.
Out in the sun
Though the sessions were held in air-conditioned tents, attendees had to wait in line in the festivallike atmosphere under blazing sun where shade was scarce.
Theme rooms
Theme rooms built from shipping containers showed off some of the newly announced Google products. The Living Room, here, featured some of the new home audiovisual gadgets.
A new Android
A blank white droid invited attendees to come up with naming ideas for the newest version of the Android operating system, now temporarily known as Android N.
Google Play Music
An audio experience invites listeners to experiment with different sounds by plugging into an array of audio sources.
Big Idea Wall
Google I/O features free-flowing ideas and big-picture thinking.
Bohemian Rhapsody Experience
Inside the Google Play Music room, the Bohemian Rhapsody Experience treated Cardboard viewers to a behind-the-scenes VR dance recital.
3D printed, open source
With a birth defect that prevented his fingers from growing, Max found help from the Enable Community Foundation, which used 3D printed, open-source tools to give him a simple mechanical hand with fingers that grip.
Android everywhere
Android was everywhere at Google I/O -- even trimmed into the bushes.
Android Auto Maserati
Exploring Android Auto got a little fancy inside this red hot Maserati.
Android Auto apps
An update to Android Auto allows Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to equip the system with their own apps.
More ways to Waze
Android Auto is hoping to get you to your destination more quickly and safely with the new integration of the Waze navigation app.
Need a pit stop?
Another big Android Auto update allows searching along your navigation route -- a difficult problem to solve, a technical engineers tells me.
Paint-flicking robot
A paint flicking robot danced to electronic beats as attendees manipulated the bot to make some playful art.
Building the new world
One of Google I/O's shipping container demonstration areas, showing off some of the new products and features announced today.
Materials design review
At the materials design review studio, Google engineers and designers were on hand to walk through attendees' designs and brainstorm work-flow and design solutions.
Big ship
The festival atmosphere was enhanced by art roaming the festival grounds, like this pirate-ship bus.
Game time!
Taking a break in the connected-home room, with a wired foosball table.
Experimental Android
In the Experimental Android playground, an attendee plays with Yuri Suzuki's AR Music Kit, which uses a few sticky notes to turn any device into a musical instrument. When the camera picks up the patterned sequence, the device plays the corresponding notes.
Self-driving car
A look at the spacious and minimalist interior of one of Google's self-driving cars, which was on site.