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The game is played primarily through intuition and feel, and because of its beauty, subtlety and intellectual depth it has captured the human imagination for centuries.<br /> <br /> But as simple as the rules are, Go is a game of profound complexity. There are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible positions—that’s more than the number of atoms in the universe, and more than a googol times larger than chess.<br /> <br /> This complexity is what makes Go hard for computers to play, and therefore an irresistible challenge to artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, who use games as a testing ground to invent smart, flexible algorithms that can tackle problems, sometimes in ways similar to humans. The first game mastered by a computer was <a href="http://www.pong-story.com/1952.htm">noughts and crosses</a> (also known as tic-tac-toe) in 1952. Then fell <a href="https://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/viewFile/1208/1109">checkers</a> in 1994. In 1997 Deep Blue famously beat Garry Kasparov at <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370201001291/pdf?md5=a843a5b1c9049457e0d3adb68117b4ed&pid=1-s2.0-S0004370201001291-main.pdf">chess</a>. It’s not limited to board games either—IBM's <a href="https://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/download/2303/2165">Watson</a> [PDF] bested two champions at Jeopardy in 2011, and <a href="http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2015/02/from-pixels-to-actions-human-level.html">in 2014 our own algorithms learned to play dozens of Atari games</a> just from the <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-data/assets/papers/DeepMindNature14236Paper.pdf">raw pixel inputs</a>. But to date, Go has thwarted AI researchers; computers still only play Go as well as amateurs. <br /> <br /> Traditional AI methods—which construct a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_tree">search tree</a> over all possible positions—don’t have a chance in Go. So when we set out to crack Go, we took a different approach. We built a system, AlphaGo, that combines an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_tree_search">advanced tree search</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_learning#Deep_neural_networks">deep neural networks</a>. These neural networks take a description of the Go board as an input and process it through 12 different network layers containing millions of neuron-like connections. One neural network, the “policy network,” selects the next move to play. The other neural network, the “value network,” predicts the winner of the game. <br /> <br /> We trained the neural networks on 30 million moves from games played by human experts, until it could predict the human move 57 percent of the time (the previous record before AlphaGo was <a href="http://arxiv.org/pdf/1412.3409">44 percent</a>). But our goal is to beat the best human players, not just mimic them. To do this, AlphaGo learned to discover new strategies for itself, by playing thousands of games between its neural networks, and adjusting the connections using a trial-and-error process known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning">reinforcement learning</a>. Of course, all of this requires a huge amount of computing power, so we made extensive use of <a href="https://cloud.google.com/">Google Cloud Platform</a>.<br /> <br /> After all that training it was time to put AlphaGo to the test. First, we held a tournament between AlphaGo and the other top programs at the forefront of computer Go. AlphaGo won all but one of its 500 games against these programs. So the next step was to invite the reigning three-time European Go champion Fan Hui—an elite professional player who has devoted his life to Go since the age of 12—to our London office for a challenge match. In a closed-doors match last October, AlphaGo won by 5 games to 0. It was the first time a computer program has ever beaten a professional Go player. You can find out more in our paper, which was published in <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v529/n7587/full/nature16961.html">Nature</a> today. <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SUbqykXVx0A" width="640"></iframe><br /> What’s next? In March, AlphaGo will face its ultimate challenge: a five-game challenge match in Seoul against the legendary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Se-dol">Lee Sedol</a>—the top Go player in the world over the past decade. <br /> <br /> We are thrilled to have mastered Go and thus achieved one of the <a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-world-of-computer-go/">grand challenges of AI</a>. However, the most significant aspect of all this for us is that AlphaGo isn’t just an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_system">“expert” system</a> built with hand-crafted rules; instead it uses general machine learning techniques to figure out for itself how to win at Go. While games are the perfect platform for developing and testing AI algorithms quickly and efficiently, ultimately we want to apply these techniques to important real-world problems. Because the methods we’ve used are general-purpose, our hope is that one day they could be extended to help us address some of society’s toughest and most pressing problems, from climate modelling to complex disease analysis. We’re excited to see what we can use this technology to tackle next!<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind</span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioagtqnFgzUmznifvz8oNflVS89D6ZZJShbFRLiWh9rs0TVqy24P2iJQb5OHjoBigpuzpS77vmDEeuruGJTCpd7a6zfaJz2WVsQYWyuioSh4WnzTQqF_Hxr8xszE4mivYRmuwi/s1600/Go-game_hero.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Demis Hassabis</span><span class="post-author-team">Google DeepMind</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> The game of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)">Go</a> originated in China more than 2,500 years ago. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius">Confucius</a> wrote about the game, and it is considered one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_arts">four essential arts</a> required of any true Chinese scholar. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irGmbwqqUNs">Played by more than 40 million people worldwide</a>, the rules of the game are simple: Players take turns to place black or white stones on a board, trying to capture the opponent's stones or surround empty space to make points of territory. The game is played primarily through intuition and feel, and because of its beauty, subtlety and intellectual depth it has captured the human imagination for centuries.<br /> <br /> But as simple as the rules are, Go is a game of profound complexity. There are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible positions—that’s more than the number of atoms in the universe, and more than a googol times larger than chess.<br /> <br /> This complexity is what makes Go hard for computers to play, and therefore an irresistible challenge to artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, who use games as a testing ground to invent smart, flexible algorithms that can tackle problems, sometimes in ways similar to humans. The first game mastered by a computer was <a href="http://www.pong-story.com/1952.htm">noughts and crosses</a> (also known as tic-tac-toe) in 1952. Then fell <a href="https://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/viewFile/1208/1109">checkers</a> in 1994. In 1997 Deep Blue famously beat Garry Kasparov at <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370201001291/pdf?md5=a843a5b1c9049457e0d3adb68117b4ed&pid=1-s2.0-S0004370201001291-main.pdf">chess</a>. It’s not limited to board games either—IBM's <a href="https://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/download/2303/2165">Watson</a> [PDF] bested two champions at Jeopardy in 2011, and <a href="http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2015/02/from-pixels-to-actions-human-level.html">in 2014 our own algorithms learned to play dozens of Atari games</a> just from the <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-data/assets/papers/DeepMindNature14236Paper.pdf">raw pixel inputs</a>. But to date, Go has thwarted AI researchers; computers still only play Go as well as amateurs. <br /> <br /> Traditional AI methods—which construct a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_tree">search tree</a> over all possible positions—don’t have a chance in Go. So when we set out to crack Go, we took a different approach. We built a system, AlphaGo, that combines an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_tree_search">advanced tree search</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_learning#Deep_neural_networks">deep neural networks</a>. These neural networks take a description of the Go board as an input and process it through 12 different network layers containing millions of neuron-like connections. One neural network, the “policy network,” selects the next move to play. The other neural network, the “value network,” predicts the winner of the game. <br /> <br /> We trained the neural networks on 30 million moves from games played by human experts, until it could predict the human move 57 percent of the time (the previous record before AlphaGo was <a href="http://arxiv.org/pdf/1412.3409">44 percent</a>). But our goal is to beat the best human players, not just mimic them. To do this, AlphaGo learned to discover new strategies for itself, by playing thousands of games between its neural networks, and adjusting the connections using a trial-and-error process known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning">reinforcement learning</a>. Of course, all of this requires a huge amount of computing power, so we made extensive use of <a href="https://cloud.google.com/">Google Cloud Platform</a>.<br /> <br /> After all that training it was time to put AlphaGo to the test. First, we held a tournament between AlphaGo and the other top programs at the forefront of computer Go. AlphaGo won all but one of its 500 games against these programs. So the next step was to invite the reigning three-time European Go champion Fan Hui—an elite professional player who has devoted his life to Go since the age of 12—to our London office for a challenge match. In a closed-doors match last October, AlphaGo won by 5 games to 0. It was the first time a computer program has ever beaten a professional Go player. You can find out more in our paper, which was published in <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v529/n7587/full/nature16961.html">Nature</a> today. <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SUbqykXVx0A" width="640"></iframe><br /> What’s next? In March, AlphaGo will face its ultimate challenge: a five-game challenge match in Seoul against the legendary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Se-dol">Lee Sedol</a>—the top Go player in the world over the past decade. <br /> <br /> We are thrilled to have mastered Go and thus achieved one of the <a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-world-of-computer-go/">grand challenges of AI</a>. However, the most significant aspect of all this for us is that AlphaGo isn’t just an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expert_system">“expert” system</a> built with hand-crafted rules; instead it uses general machine learning techniques to figure out for itself how to win at Go. While games are the perfect platform for developing and testing AI algorithms quickly and efficiently, ultimately we want to apply these techniques to important real-world problems. Because the methods we’ve used are general-purpose, our hope is that one day they could be extended to help us address some of society’s toughest and most pressing problems, from climate modelling to complex disease analysis. We’re excited to see what we can use this technology to tackle next!<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind</span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioagtqnFgzUmznifvz8oNflVS89D6ZZJShbFRLiWh9rs0TVqy24P2iJQb5OHjoBigpuzpS77vmDEeuruGJTCpd7a6zfaJz2WVsQYWyuioSh4WnzTQqF_Hxr8xszE4mivYRmuwi/s1600/Go-game_hero.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Demis Hassabis</span><span class="post-author-team">Google DeepMind</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/alphago-machine-learning-game-go.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Blog:AlphaGo: using machine learning to master the ancient game of Go&url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/alphago-machine-learning-game-go.html&via=google'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/alphago-machine-learning-game-go.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/alphago-machine-learning-game-go.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='6738691810098357399' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/unfolding-virtual-journey-cardboard.html' itemprop='url' title='(Un)folding a virtual journey with Google Cardboard'> (Un)folding a virtual journey with Google Cardboard </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> January 27, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> A year and a half ago we introduced Google Cardboard, a simple cardboard viewer that anyone can use to experience mobile virtual reality (VR). With just Cardboard and the smartphone in your pocket, you can travel to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPhdLz2Ebfw">faraway</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/nytvr/">places</a> and visit <a href="https://twitter.com/googlecardboard/status/677180816561012736">imagined</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUab4jwbwg">worlds</a>. Since then everyone from <a href="https://twitter.com/googlecardboard/status/677360846260031489">droid lovers</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/nms/status/663475106946027520">Sunday edition subscribers</a>, to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyca0sHKkJ8">big kids</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVWhYZUjpQ">grandmas</a> have been able to enjoy VR—often for the very first time. Here's a look at where we are, 19 months in:<br /> <br /> 1. 5 million Cardboard fans have joined the fold.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpqRrxdLPDRqeglE3XAme57WOoWBt_PSCMmU3v-92SBuhJE-htWkpFXCcuOm1ENYJCslG9fI2wmdIPFl0fjCKcQDZEulshuGwiKzZqsGuU53tVGUhEdcwUqk1dOP0cBxsBVdO/s1600/VR1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpqRrxdLPDRqeglE3XAme57WOoWBt_PSCMmU3v-92SBuhJE-htWkpFXCcuOm1ENYJCslG9fI2wmdIPFl0fjCKcQDZEulshuGwiKzZqsGuU53tVGUhEdcwUqk1dOP0cBxsBVdO/s640/VR1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 2. In just the past two months (October-December), you launched into 10 million more immersive app experiences:<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5UFBr9sLQE2z52rXjqeWzxABfS0UPuxmG6ZwkDrL_cl1JReZHio2ipp8MqCYVxtqFr0_FLRJKflBqnjzz63QO86Tvt0pRgVenRq-yoN3M4BZSDpPnF0tL1bXaI_6yCxg3y3N/s1600/VR2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5UFBr9sLQE2z52rXjqeWzxABfS0UPuxmG6ZwkDrL_cl1JReZHio2ipp8MqCYVxtqFr0_FLRJKflBqnjzz63QO86Tvt0pRgVenRq-yoN3M4BZSDpPnF0tL1bXaI_6yCxg3y3N/s640/VR2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 3. Out of 1,000+ <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3001527_cardboard_apps">Cardboard apps</a> on Google Play, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dejobaangames.caaaaardboard">one of your favorites</a> got you screaming “aaaaaaahwsome,” while <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shakingearthdigital.vrsecardboard">another</a> “gave you goosebumps.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1qHmuYeSnJyI9Z0Iqjv-cT6DRAMoOEnuVbvCCgOSVJdEuNUjIiIPinVPQVsaVV70yibKOFcicYjj7QYEeXMA2dCAZWp4mKlyLZCTDF1pILwKZDxCNV6LqXSr44Suqbg2jzUk/s1600/VR3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1qHmuYeSnJyI9Z0Iqjv-cT6DRAMoOEnuVbvCCgOSVJdEuNUjIiIPinVPQVsaVV70yibKOFcicYjj7QYEeXMA2dCAZWp4mKlyLZCTDF1pILwKZDxCNV6LqXSr44Suqbg2jzUk/s640/VR3.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 4. You teleported to places far and wide, right from the <a href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2015/11/youtube-presses-play-on-virtual-reality.html">comfort of YouTube</a>.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQ_naFchMp6BJBOnl3am249MCnvdYTYyqM_YvZEkYd9GYjKimTvZWpibHzVcn46XwWPrkyi8nvi_78M8lMvJYVse4wGGG8cBHwwxvDCZS071i3KD_g_55hKZ35nOxs-leqsfQ/s1600/VR4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQ_naFchMp6BJBOnl3am249MCnvdYTYyqM_YvZEkYd9GYjKimTvZWpibHzVcn46XwWPrkyi8nvi_78M8lMvJYVse4wGGG8cBHwwxvDCZS071i3KD_g_55hKZ35nOxs-leqsfQ/s640/VR4.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 5. Since we launched <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/step-inside-your-photos-with-cardboard.html">Cardboard Camera</a> in December, you’ve captured more than 750,000 VR photos, letting you relive your favorite moments anytime, from anywhere.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0GZ75mmNB2JI8LW-ijKCgm3mvfDMgEoThhdBrN3tWDcBNUkg1JZVH2jTZGulbnM8d4-FftJgt6TxOXFT9QN0GfaayXXrhuAqZ-LLlc_aJRWsjD2Z7oQIbRoCD6oGwR4zWGPo/s1600/VR5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0GZ75mmNB2JI8LW-ijKCgm3mvfDMgEoThhdBrN3tWDcBNUkg1JZVH2jTZGulbnM8d4-FftJgt6TxOXFT9QN0GfaayXXrhuAqZ-LLlc_aJRWsjD2Z7oQIbRoCD6oGwR4zWGPo/s640/VR5.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 6. Students around the world have taken VR field trips to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98U2jdk8OGI">White House</a>, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMomKIt1uWA">Republic of Congo</a>, and 150 other places around the globe with <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/bring-virtual-reality-field-trips-to.html">Expeditions</a>.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMhxFUy15bdlqjhTipH-l2yjd_678xCPFDXrcvLRtyYWAxEdAwozLKVkTiWXpZxid1m-xMJ87hQlZ0YQWxBuBHaBS-yEXKE1fdQOAzfUSQW3MHuiFJxsy_HCLv399s0zU-4hp/s1600/VR6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMhxFUy15bdlqjhTipH-l2yjd_678xCPFDXrcvLRtyYWAxEdAwozLKVkTiWXpZxid1m-xMJ87hQlZ0YQWxBuBHaBS-yEXKE1fdQOAzfUSQW3MHuiFJxsy_HCLv399s0zU-4hp/s640/VR6.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> While you've been traveling the world and beyond with Cardboard, we've been on a journey, too. Keep your eyes peeled for more projects that bring creative, entertaining and educational experiences to mobile VR.<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Clay Bavor, VP Virtual Reality</span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo2q2Xjt__w6QQrVlvMbByd8G7qCNHdGMLJ2pH6o_j7J3wzD8BKfTPA1FiSrhONM0a9ycj31xJiYwKeW1vfPjhWCOaIP8aW_4Jn8V2Wk-qf782nejoCVCZYymAIMs0LxkAP_h/s1600/Google-Cardboard_hero.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Clay Bavor</span> <span class="post-author-title">VP</span> <span class="post-author-team">Virtual Reality</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> A year and a half ago we introduced Google Cardboard, a simple cardboard viewer that anyone can use to experience mobile virtual reality (VR). With just Cardboard and the smartphone in your pocket, you can travel to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPhdLz2Ebfw">faraway</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/nytvr/">places</a> and visit <a href="https://twitter.com/googlecardboard/status/677180816561012736">imagined</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUab4jwbwg">worlds</a>. Since then everyone from <a href="https://twitter.com/googlecardboard/status/677360846260031489">droid lovers</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/nms/status/663475106946027520">Sunday edition subscribers</a>, to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyca0sHKkJ8">big kids</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiVWhYZUjpQ">grandmas</a> have been able to enjoy VR—often for the very first time. Here's a look at where we are, 19 months in:<br /> <br /> 1. 5 million Cardboard fans have joined the fold.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpqRrxdLPDRqeglE3XAme57WOoWBt_PSCMmU3v-92SBuhJE-htWkpFXCcuOm1ENYJCslG9fI2wmdIPFl0fjCKcQDZEulshuGwiKzZqsGuU53tVGUhEdcwUqk1dOP0cBxsBVdO/s1600/VR1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigpqRrxdLPDRqeglE3XAme57WOoWBt_PSCMmU3v-92SBuhJE-htWkpFXCcuOm1ENYJCslG9fI2wmdIPFl0fjCKcQDZEulshuGwiKzZqsGuU53tVGUhEdcwUqk1dOP0cBxsBVdO/s640/VR1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 2. In just the past two months (October-December), you launched into 10 million more immersive app experiences:<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5UFBr9sLQE2z52rXjqeWzxABfS0UPuxmG6ZwkDrL_cl1JReZHio2ipp8MqCYVxtqFr0_FLRJKflBqnjzz63QO86Tvt0pRgVenRq-yoN3M4BZSDpPnF0tL1bXaI_6yCxg3y3N/s1600/VR2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5UFBr9sLQE2z52rXjqeWzxABfS0UPuxmG6ZwkDrL_cl1JReZHio2ipp8MqCYVxtqFr0_FLRJKflBqnjzz63QO86Tvt0pRgVenRq-yoN3M4BZSDpPnF0tL1bXaI_6yCxg3y3N/s640/VR2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 3. Out of 1,000+ <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_3001527_cardboard_apps">Cardboard apps</a> on Google Play, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dejobaangames.caaaaardboard">one of your favorites</a> got you screaming “aaaaaaahwsome,” while <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shakingearthdigital.vrsecardboard">another</a> “gave you goosebumps.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1qHmuYeSnJyI9Z0Iqjv-cT6DRAMoOEnuVbvCCgOSVJdEuNUjIiIPinVPQVsaVV70yibKOFcicYjj7QYEeXMA2dCAZWp4mKlyLZCTDF1pILwKZDxCNV6LqXSr44Suqbg2jzUk/s1600/VR3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1qHmuYeSnJyI9Z0Iqjv-cT6DRAMoOEnuVbvCCgOSVJdEuNUjIiIPinVPQVsaVV70yibKOFcicYjj7QYEeXMA2dCAZWp4mKlyLZCTDF1pILwKZDxCNV6LqXSr44Suqbg2jzUk/s640/VR3.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 4. You teleported to places far and wide, right from the <a href="http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2015/11/youtube-presses-play-on-virtual-reality.html">comfort of YouTube</a>.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQ_naFchMp6BJBOnl3am249MCnvdYTYyqM_YvZEkYd9GYjKimTvZWpibHzVcn46XwWPrkyi8nvi_78M8lMvJYVse4wGGG8cBHwwxvDCZS071i3KD_g_55hKZ35nOxs-leqsfQ/s1600/VR4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQ_naFchMp6BJBOnl3am249MCnvdYTYyqM_YvZEkYd9GYjKimTvZWpibHzVcn46XwWPrkyi8nvi_78M8lMvJYVse4wGGG8cBHwwxvDCZS071i3KD_g_55hKZ35nOxs-leqsfQ/s640/VR4.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 5. Since we launched <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/step-inside-your-photos-with-cardboard.html">Cardboard Camera</a> in December, you’ve captured more than 750,000 VR photos, letting you relive your favorite moments anytime, from anywhere.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0GZ75mmNB2JI8LW-ijKCgm3mvfDMgEoThhdBrN3tWDcBNUkg1JZVH2jTZGulbnM8d4-FftJgt6TxOXFT9QN0GfaayXXrhuAqZ-LLlc_aJRWsjD2Z7oQIbRoCD6oGwR4zWGPo/s1600/VR5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0GZ75mmNB2JI8LW-ijKCgm3mvfDMgEoThhdBrN3tWDcBNUkg1JZVH2jTZGulbnM8d4-FftJgt6TxOXFT9QN0GfaayXXrhuAqZ-LLlc_aJRWsjD2Z7oQIbRoCD6oGwR4zWGPo/s640/VR5.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 6. Students around the world have taken VR field trips to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98U2jdk8OGI">White House</a>, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMomKIt1uWA">Republic of Congo</a>, and 150 other places around the globe with <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/bring-virtual-reality-field-trips-to.html">Expeditions</a>.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMhxFUy15bdlqjhTipH-l2yjd_678xCPFDXrcvLRtyYWAxEdAwozLKVkTiWXpZxid1m-xMJ87hQlZ0YQWxBuBHaBS-yEXKE1fdQOAzfUSQW3MHuiFJxsy_HCLv399s0zU-4hp/s1600/VR6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMhxFUy15bdlqjhTipH-l2yjd_678xCPFDXrcvLRtyYWAxEdAwozLKVkTiWXpZxid1m-xMJ87hQlZ0YQWxBuBHaBS-yEXKE1fdQOAzfUSQW3MHuiFJxsy_HCLv399s0zU-4hp/s640/VR6.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> While you've been traveling the world and beyond with Cardboard, we've been on a journey, too. Keep your eyes peeled for more projects that bring creative, entertaining and educational experiences to mobile VR.<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Clay Bavor, VP Virtual Reality</span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo2q2Xjt__w6QQrVlvMbByd8G7qCNHdGMLJ2pH6o_j7J3wzD8BKfTPA1FiSrhONM0a9ycj31xJiYwKeW1vfPjhWCOaIP8aW_4Jn8V2Wk-qf782nejoCVCZYymAIMs0LxkAP_h/s1600/Google-Cardboard_hero.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Clay Bavor</span> <span class="post-author-title">VP</span> <span class="post-author-team">Virtual Reality</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/unfolding-virtual-journey-cardboard.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Blog:(Un)folding a virtual journey with Google Cardboard&url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/unfolding-virtual-journey-cardboard.html&via=google'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/unfolding-virtual-journey-cardboard.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/unfolding-virtual-journey-cardboard.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/cardboard' rel='tag'> cardboard </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='6986215603708984386' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/republican-debate-presidential-politics.html' itemprop='url' title='New ways to stay informed about presidential politics'> New ways to stay informed about presidential politics </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> January 26, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> In just two days, Americans will tune in for the final Republican debate before the 2016 primary season officially kicks off in Iowa, and we’re <a href="http://googlepolitics.blogspot.com/2016/01/google-and-fox-news-channel-present.html">teaming up with Fox News Channel</a> to make sure every citizen can get the most out of it. To help people get informed before heading to the polls, we’re integrating three new components into the debate: a way to hear directly from candidates on Google; real-time Google Trends data; and questions from some of YouTube’s most prominent voices. <br /> <br /> <b>Hear from candidates directly, right on Google</b><br /> Political search interest spikes 440 percent on average during live televised debates as people turn to the web to learn more about the candidates and their platforms. Now people will have a new way to hear directly from candidates themselves, in real-time—right in Google Search results. This experimental feature helps voters make more informed choices, and levels the playing field for candidates to share ideas and positions on issues they may not have had a chance to address during the debate. By publishing long-form text, photos and videos throughout the debate, campaigns can now give extended responses, answer questions they didn’t get a chance to on stage, and rebut their opponents. As soon as the first debate begins at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, search “Fox News debate” to find campaign responses.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs5bLuBAqsqGc8P02MpXhEALOQYCyX0cjYtOsFB10ZRQnEbAYVuUWhwixCg52kxp-BtcfzZdwcZSGNepO3QK7-xKZx8XQ7GfF3MOacAj_woD_p0HwEECeOI0cd_eVDV1qvP3_/s1600/pasted+image+0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs5bLuBAqsqGc8P02MpXhEALOQYCyX0cjYtOsFB10ZRQnEbAYVuUWhwixCg52kxp-BtcfzZdwcZSGNepO3QK7-xKZx8XQ7GfF3MOacAj_woD_p0HwEECeOI0cd_eVDV1qvP3_/s640/pasted+image+0.png" width="640" /></a></div><b>Dig into issues with Google Trends </b><br /> Throughout the debate, we’ll also spotlight key insights from <a href="https://www.google.com/trends/story/US_cu_5NL_ZVIBAABJNM_en">Google Trends</a> that offer interesting insights about the candidates, issues, and debate topics—anything from <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/689446079436234752?lang=en">questions asked about key issues</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/689791891555115008?lang=en">trending terms</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/687867238708285440?lang=en">rankings</a> like the below minute-by-minute view of which candidate was searched most during the last debate. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rb3aZYjto4fjXlHVAmtCX0ejQsacu_N5hf9eYg7hBme8QVdRRUmhj0NowEg3gRUKKXMWJMDG-7lT50do1PKj03ujy_VahjEnA1NydI_ZSH1lco71uXaBK6UT7zMEIuAzgPik/s1600/2016-01-25.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rb3aZYjto4fjXlHVAmtCX0ejQsacu_N5hf9eYg7hBme8QVdRRUmhj0NowEg3gRUKKXMWJMDG-7lT50do1PKj03ujy_VahjEnA1NydI_ZSH1lco71uXaBK6UT7zMEIuAzgPik/s1600/2016-01-25.gif" /></a></div>You’ll also be able to answer polling questions about the issues that matter to you directly on Google Search when you search “Fox News debate.” Fox News will cover responses to these questions on air after the debate. <br /> <br /> <b>Watch YouTube creators engage with the candidates</b><br /> Finally, three prominent YouTube creators—<a href="https://www.youtube.com/NabelaNoor">Nabela Noor</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/SoldierKnowsBest">Mark Watson</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dulcecandy">Dulce Candy</a>—will join the moderators in the debate to ask the candidates a question on an issue that matters to them and their communities. Bringing new voices from YouTube to political debates is something we’ve been doing since the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pw-oPjSeb4">2008 election</a>, and it can lead to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuRLwReqTxw">personal</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHl1aGyPm5s">powerful</a> interactions between candidates and voters.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EjPzcPJ-8hg" width="640"></iframe><br /> The debate begins at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, with the prime time debate starting at 9 p.m. ET. So tune in to Fox News Channel to learn more about your presidential candidates on Google!<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Danielle Bowers, Google News Lab </span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvOOpD-nl0U7aqinQTiDKY9UHTATSedJw2aqq6Y8zHIrrhv-7jZxt2slJ_JT7xpXYO7lBmt2KiK6o-tdXl_ADrQt2abm5qWGY6CB7ifyDX_6Ybm24QHxWrDMTTvWvlJkGSNaS/s1600/GOP-debate_hero.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Danielle Bowers </span> <span class="post-author-team">Google News Lab</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> In just two days, Americans will tune in for the final Republican debate before the 2016 primary season officially kicks off in Iowa, and we’re <a href="http://googlepolitics.blogspot.com/2016/01/google-and-fox-news-channel-present.html">teaming up with Fox News Channel</a> to make sure every citizen can get the most out of it. To help people get informed before heading to the polls, we’re integrating three new components into the debate: a way to hear directly from candidates on Google; real-time Google Trends data; and questions from some of YouTube’s most prominent voices. <br /> <br /> <b>Hear from candidates directly, right on Google</b><br /> Political search interest spikes 440 percent on average during live televised debates as people turn to the web to learn more about the candidates and their platforms. Now people will have a new way to hear directly from candidates themselves, in real-time—right in Google Search results. This experimental feature helps voters make more informed choices, and levels the playing field for candidates to share ideas and positions on issues they may not have had a chance to address during the debate. By publishing long-form text, photos and videos throughout the debate, campaigns can now give extended responses, answer questions they didn’t get a chance to on stage, and rebut their opponents. As soon as the first debate begins at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, search “Fox News debate” to find campaign responses.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs5bLuBAqsqGc8P02MpXhEALOQYCyX0cjYtOsFB10ZRQnEbAYVuUWhwixCg52kxp-BtcfzZdwcZSGNepO3QK7-xKZx8XQ7GfF3MOacAj_woD_p0HwEECeOI0cd_eVDV1qvP3_/s1600/pasted+image+0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGs5bLuBAqsqGc8P02MpXhEALOQYCyX0cjYtOsFB10ZRQnEbAYVuUWhwixCg52kxp-BtcfzZdwcZSGNepO3QK7-xKZx8XQ7GfF3MOacAj_woD_p0HwEECeOI0cd_eVDV1qvP3_/s640/pasted+image+0.png" width="640" /></a></div><b>Dig into issues with Google Trends </b><br /> Throughout the debate, we’ll also spotlight key insights from <a href="https://www.google.com/trends/story/US_cu_5NL_ZVIBAABJNM_en">Google Trends</a> that offer interesting insights about the candidates, issues, and debate topics—anything from <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/689446079436234752?lang=en">questions asked about key issues</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/689791891555115008?lang=en">trending terms</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/687867238708285440?lang=en">rankings</a> like the below minute-by-minute view of which candidate was searched most during the last debate. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rb3aZYjto4fjXlHVAmtCX0ejQsacu_N5hf9eYg7hBme8QVdRRUmhj0NowEg3gRUKKXMWJMDG-7lT50do1PKj03ujy_VahjEnA1NydI_ZSH1lco71uXaBK6UT7zMEIuAzgPik/s1600/2016-01-25.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rb3aZYjto4fjXlHVAmtCX0ejQsacu_N5hf9eYg7hBme8QVdRRUmhj0NowEg3gRUKKXMWJMDG-7lT50do1PKj03ujy_VahjEnA1NydI_ZSH1lco71uXaBK6UT7zMEIuAzgPik/s1600/2016-01-25.gif" /></a></div>You’ll also be able to answer polling questions about the issues that matter to you directly on Google Search when you search “Fox News debate.” Fox News will cover responses to these questions on air after the debate. <br /> <br /> <b>Watch YouTube creators engage with the candidates</b><br /> Finally, three prominent YouTube creators—<a href="https://www.youtube.com/NabelaNoor">Nabela Noor</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/SoldierKnowsBest">Mark Watson</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dulcecandy">Dulce Candy</a>—will join the moderators in the debate to ask the candidates a question on an issue that matters to them and their communities. Bringing new voices from YouTube to political debates is something we’ve been doing since the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pw-oPjSeb4">2008 election</a>, and it can lead to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuRLwReqTxw">personal</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHl1aGyPm5s">powerful</a> interactions between candidates and voters.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EjPzcPJ-8hg" width="640"></iframe><br /> The debate begins at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, with the prime time debate starting at 9 p.m. ET. So tune in to Fox News Channel to learn more about your presidential candidates on Google!<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Danielle Bowers, Google News Lab </span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvOOpD-nl0U7aqinQTiDKY9UHTATSedJw2aqq6Y8zHIrrhv-7jZxt2slJ_JT7xpXYO7lBmt2KiK6o-tdXl_ADrQt2abm5qWGY6CB7ifyDX_6Ybm24QHxWrDMTTvWvlJkGSNaS/s1600/GOP-debate_hero.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Danielle Bowers </span> <span class="post-author-team">Google News Lab</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/republican-debate-presidential-politics.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Blog:New ways to stay informed about presidential politics&url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/republican-debate-presidential-politics.html&via=google'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/republican-debate-presidential-politics.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/republican-debate-presidential-politics.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/politics' rel='tag'> politics </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='5136351009141275169' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/refugees-education-chromebooks.html' itemprop='url' title='Helping refugees access education and information '> Helping refugees access education and information </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> January 25, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> Ahmed is an economics student from Aleppo in Syria. Last year he was forced to leave his hometown because of the war that has forced millions of his compatriots out of their country. He left his family and his studies—everything—behind to find a better future in Europe. Now safe in Berlin, his dream is to continue his studies and eventually become a teacher at a university in Germany. <br /> <br /> As they make it through a dangerous journey, the first thing refugees need is to find shelter, food and access to care. But soon enough, they have to learn the local language, acquire skills to work in a new country, and figure out a way to continue their studies—all in an effort to reclaim and reconnect with the lives they had before. <br /> <br /> Last fall, we <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/update-response-refugee-migrants.html">shared</a> how we’re supporting organizations on the frontline of providing essential humanitarian relief support. But we also wanted to do something to help with refugees’ long-term challenges, such as the need for access to information and education. So today, we’re making a $5.3 million Google.org grant to support the launch of Project Reconnect, a program by <a href="http://www.nethope.org/">NetHope</a> to equip nonprofits working with refugees in Germany with Chromebooks, in order to facilitate easier access to education for refugees like Ahmed. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsX0HjGZIjKvx1r3eZzXPuDJuS7TAnGiwY23hKAUmwGNo4nEhP7bcKqyqOmht4B9musHUtvk0yI-Uo8aTeHy19bh-m6tFmIcdZKk9In3JzwMePvH1LY8Tit8DPKLoU27PPpraQ/s1600/reconnect.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsX0HjGZIjKvx1r3eZzXPuDJuS7TAnGiwY23hKAUmwGNo4nEhP7bcKqyqOmht4B9musHUtvk0yI-Uo8aTeHy19bh-m6tFmIcdZKk9In3JzwMePvH1LY8Tit8DPKLoU27PPpraQ/s400/reconnect.png" width="400" /></a></div>Chromebooks have proven to be a good fit for education purposes. They can be easily set up to run education or language learning apps. They’re automatically kept up to date with the latest features, apps and virus protection. And they can be configured and managed by a central administrator (in this case the nonprofits) to offer relevant programs, content and materials depending on the situation. For example, they can run an educational game for children, a language course for younger adults or even feature information about the asylum application process on a pre-installed homepage. <br /> <br /> Nonprofits can apply today on <a href="http://reconnect.nethope.org/">this website</a>. Many organizations and their staff are doing incredible work in very difficult circumstances to help with this crisis. We hope that by supporting these nonprofits, we can help people like Ahmed on the next step of their journey.<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Jacquelline Fuller, Director of Google.org</span> <br /> <br /> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDN5WA2i9BojHPjY5eADspjhysLofKLTRycs6oNR91UTuMgmtLJA6fGBrWLlZeRvmlLiuuzZBKf0JYvVgzqtamI2ifaA86GlzWbzMg4YplzwPl_Fsj7upwKgQdkv8jxuBMTHlX/s1600/Reconnect_hero.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Jacquelline Fuller</span> <span class="post-author-title">Director</span> <span class="post-author-team">Google.org</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> Ahmed is an economics student from Aleppo in Syria. Last year he was forced to leave his hometown because of the war that has forced millions of his compatriots out of their country. He left his family and his studies—everything—behind to find a better future in Europe. Now safe in Berlin, his dream is to continue his studies and eventually become a teacher at a university in Germany. <br /> <br /> As they make it through a dangerous journey, the first thing refugees need is to find shelter, food and access to care. But soon enough, they have to learn the local language, acquire skills to work in a new country, and figure out a way to continue their studies—all in an effort to reclaim and reconnect with the lives they had before. <br /> <br /> Last fall, we <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/update-response-refugee-migrants.html">shared</a> how we’re supporting organizations on the frontline of providing essential humanitarian relief support. But we also wanted to do something to help with refugees’ long-term challenges, such as the need for access to information and education. So today, we’re making a $5.3 million Google.org grant to support the launch of Project Reconnect, a program by <a href="http://www.nethope.org/">NetHope</a> to equip nonprofits working with refugees in Germany with Chromebooks, in order to facilitate easier access to education for refugees like Ahmed. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsX0HjGZIjKvx1r3eZzXPuDJuS7TAnGiwY23hKAUmwGNo4nEhP7bcKqyqOmht4B9musHUtvk0yI-Uo8aTeHy19bh-m6tFmIcdZKk9In3JzwMePvH1LY8Tit8DPKLoU27PPpraQ/s1600/reconnect.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsX0HjGZIjKvx1r3eZzXPuDJuS7TAnGiwY23hKAUmwGNo4nEhP7bcKqyqOmht4B9musHUtvk0yI-Uo8aTeHy19bh-m6tFmIcdZKk9In3JzwMePvH1LY8Tit8DPKLoU27PPpraQ/s400/reconnect.png" width="400" /></a></div>Chromebooks have proven to be a good fit for education purposes. They can be easily set up to run education or language learning apps. They’re automatically kept up to date with the latest features, apps and virus protection. And they can be configured and managed by a central administrator (in this case the nonprofits) to offer relevant programs, content and materials depending on the situation. For example, they can run an educational game for children, a language course for younger adults or even feature information about the asylum application process on a pre-installed homepage. <br /> <br /> Nonprofits can apply today on <a href="http://reconnect.nethope.org/">this website</a>. Many organizations and their staff are doing incredible work in very difficult circumstances to help with this crisis. We hope that by supporting these nonprofits, we can help people like Ahmed on the next step of their journey.<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Jacquelline Fuller, Director of Google.org</span> <br /> <br /> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDN5WA2i9BojHPjY5eADspjhysLofKLTRycs6oNR91UTuMgmtLJA6fGBrWLlZeRvmlLiuuzZBKf0JYvVgzqtamI2ifaA86GlzWbzMg4YplzwPl_Fsj7upwKgQdkv8jxuBMTHlX/s1600/Reconnect_hero.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Jacquelline Fuller</span> <span class="post-author-title">Director</span> <span class="post-author-team">Google.org</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/refugees-education-chromebooks.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Blog:Helping refugees access education and information &url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/refugees-education-chromebooks.html&via=google'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/refugees-education-chromebooks.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/refugees-education-chromebooks.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='1516669129103528265' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/street-view-mont-blanc.html' itemprop='url' title='Reach new heights with Street View of Mont Blanc in Google Maps'> Reach new heights with Street View of Mont Blanc in Google Maps </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> January 21, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> Declared the “monarch of mountains” by Lord Byron, the <a href="//g.co/MontBlanc" target="_blank">Mont Blanc massif</a> is shrouded in mystery, rolling clouds and imposing snowfields. One of Europe’s highest peaks, the wild terrain of the famed mountain range is reserved for ardent mountaineers and intrepid explorers. Starting today in Google Maps, you can get an up-close, 360-degree look at the breathtaking beauty of Mont Blanc. Following last year’s first-ever vertical imagery collection of El Capitan in California’s <a href="//g.co/Yosemite" target="_blank">Yosemite National Park</a>, we partnered with world-renowned alpine photographers, skiers, mountaineers, climbers, and runners to collect Street View of Western Europe’s highest peak. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I6UGj9aWCnU/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="365" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I6UGj9aWCnU?feature=player_embedded" width="650"></iframe></div> <br /> By working with legendary adventurers, the Street View team was able to capture the spirit of the massif in a way few witness firsthand. Run on the summit with <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.8651793,3a,75y,25.55h,63.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1bdRoq8Vk8EAAAQzzZq2-w!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Kilian Jornet</a>—he holds the speed record for ascending and descending Mont Blanc in just 4 hours 57 minutes! Ice climb up a serac with record-setting alpine climber <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8326169,6.8651732,3a,75y,352.42h,86.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3xbZN2BuOIsAAAQzzZq28g!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Ueli Steck</a>, or go knee deep in powder alongside 14-time ski mountaineering champion <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.8651816,3a,75y,6.8h,65.55t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1siT-yGmgCz2QAAAQzzZq2_g!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Laetitia Roux and famed guide Patrick Gabarrou</a>.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4sQK3nsu4UjC9OfUzeqk6HI1vnvascKqy9CXfD4ROBD46gjlWIbVqkcqunZWluFSX4Z11sFa7rO6oVmgw_pMpg7GuGK5YDquHaxEFcR4Om9heSzeVCZfRM3w_5A2aqqykZW7KA/s1600/Ueli+Ice+Climbing_25MB.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4sQK3nsu4UjC9OfUzeqk6HI1vnvascKqy9CXfD4ROBD46gjlWIbVqkcqunZWluFSX4Z11sFa7rO6oVmgw_pMpg7GuGK5YDquHaxEFcR4Om9heSzeVCZfRM3w_5A2aqqykZW7KA/s640/Ueli+Ice+Climbing_25MB.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Ueli Steck ice climbing on Mont Blanc</i></div> <br /> You can also join French climbing legend <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.8651738,3a,90y,30.7h,101.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1symvFH6EWeSoAAAQzzZq28w!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Catherine Destivelle</a> on the imposing yet beautiful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiguille_du_Midi" target="_blank">Aiguille du Midi</a>, the 3842-meter peak near the Mont Blanc. Or, crouch below innovative filmmaker and free skier <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.86518,3a,75y,14.22h,83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFHS5EryBLQAAAAQzzZq2_A!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Candide Thovex as he soars through the air</a> or has fun as only he can—by <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8326171,6.8651841,3a,75y,20.87h,86.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s40VgLWzy-M8AAAQzzZq3AQ!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">taking his skis from the snow to the grass</a>. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvHChtbosuu24SDagWC1-huBKYDUOWm5iURDfnprxf7gKKhftC-Cn5qsvBtPVthl6VXCxN19yylMtIvqSmM4R4q_3S_VEpV1HSxwYHlVImwX9wwyW1vNBk47f4RXXTJtouZyKaQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-01-20+at+4.05.32+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvHChtbosuu24SDagWC1-huBKYDUOWm5iURDfnprxf7gKKhftC-Cn5qsvBtPVthl6VXCxN19yylMtIvqSmM4R4q_3S_VEpV1HSxwYHlVImwX9wwyW1vNBk47f4RXXTJtouZyKaQ/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-01-20+at+4.05.32+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.8651738,3a,90y,30.7h,101.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1symvFH6EWeSoAAAQzzZq28w!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank"><i>Catherine Destivelle ascending near the Aiguille du Midi</i></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwAQjzlGfFtcysApv02RXDTa1R3o0Hq4amCwKY9wN7jWTKQA-_fMjpJkiK6qvTAC5Utc8svfn_51NrF71zwbgPfs-cZ5n0aw0ZXoEDmvKlD0OHeNcqtI3JYS2uCE51Xstw4mj9A/s1600/Shooting+Kilian+SV_BTS+Still+WOB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwAQjzlGfFtcysApv02RXDTa1R3o0Hq4amCwKY9wN7jWTKQA-_fMjpJkiK6qvTAC5Utc8svfn_51NrF71zwbgPfs-cZ5n0aw0ZXoEDmvKlD0OHeNcqtI3JYS2uCE51Xstw4mj9A/s640/Shooting+Kilian+SV_BTS+Still+WOB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <i><a href="http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2013/renan-ozturk/" target="_blank">Renan Ozturk</a>, acclaimed cinematographer and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, alpine photographer <a href="http://alpineexposures.com/about" target="_blank">Jonathan Griffith</a>, and <a href="http://senderfilms.com/" target="_blank">Sender Films</a> joined Google on Mont Blanc as part of the team.</i><br /> <br /> If reaching the top is what you care about, elite guide <a href="http://korrapesce.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Korra Pesce</a> joined the troupe by carrying the Street View Trekker up and down the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8503941,6.8313879,3a,75y,85.04h,85.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sedRgGPiZWOxTNOb2LwsRzA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Goûter Route</a> of Mont Blanc. Click through the Street View to get his first-person perspective of each step to the summit.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJOCgSnMvd5ngea0km92WYUe3zMCDnSt6Lz_p0LoImnsMPaiBj6IQs0AYTvZ_532rlQ2EmqhuN_nsKcbHe0uBwxmJEExDGdEFcu7srRv8jjlAna3u5Sg-17TgB0jld_pzaHOm1A/s1600/Gouter+Route+Fly+Up_25MB.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJOCgSnMvd5ngea0km92WYUe3zMCDnSt6Lz_p0LoImnsMPaiBj6IQs0AYTvZ_532rlQ2EmqhuN_nsKcbHe0uBwxmJEExDGdEFcu7srRv8jjlAna3u5Sg-17TgB0jld_pzaHOm1A/s640/Gouter+Route+Fly+Up_25MB.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Climb the entire Goûter Route of the Mont Blanc massif</i></div> <br /> Unfortunately, Mont Blanc’s glaciers are receding due to climate change. You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMbcntS3APY" target="_blank">learn more</a> about how the rising temperatures are directly affecting the mountain from legendary guide Patrick Gabarrou, who describes the the glacial melt on the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.922158,6.9246975,3a,75y,139.55h,108.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxvr2M88V8hnqad0Qf_m9dA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Mer de Glace</a>. So this Street View imagery also serves as a digital record of Mont Blanc as it appears today, so future outdoor enthusiasts and scientists can look back at this time capsule to see how the mountain has changed. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoQMe0J5Kn2LP2k6zv1tXXHNloZ0HVCUhCXqP5e0O79i01tFjicK42xvwSYPQ_dmyTwWC2DjQ2HZ6gqTLUf11nXIXgXA4xaAee_jK0QkTr0bqWQrVrPOc-WF80rco9cvqKIw6kg/s1600/Kilian+MB+Summit_25MB.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoQMe0J5Kn2LP2k6zv1tXXHNloZ0HVCUhCXqP5e0O79i01tFjicK42xvwSYPQ_dmyTwWC2DjQ2HZ6gqTLUf11nXIXgXA4xaAee_jK0QkTr0bqWQrVrPOc-WF80rco9cvqKIw6kg/s640/Kilian+MB+Summit_25MB.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Kilian Jornet on the summit of Mont Blanc</i></div> <br /> Whether you choose to run up the Mont Blanc with Kilian Jornet or ski down with Laetitia Roux, we hope you enjoy reaching new heights in Europe’s <a href="//www.google.com/maps/streetview/#mont-blanc" target="_blank">beautiful and endangered mountain range</a>.<br /> <span class="byline-author"><br /> </span> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Sandy Russell, Project Lead, Mont Blanc Street View</span><br /> <br /> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4sQK3nsu4UjC9OfUzeqk6HI1vnvascKqy9CXfD4ROBD46gjlWIbVqkcqunZWluFSX4Z11sFa7rO6oVmgw_pMpg7GuGK5YDquHaxEFcR4Om9heSzeVCZfRM3w_5A2aqqykZW7KA/s1600/Ueli+Ice+Climbing_25MB.gif</span> <span class="post-author-name">Sandy Russell</span> <span class="post-author-title">Project Lead</span> <span class="post-author-team">Mont Blanc Street View</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> Declared the “monarch of mountains” by Lord Byron, the <a href="//g.co/MontBlanc" target="_blank">Mont Blanc massif</a> is shrouded in mystery, rolling clouds and imposing snowfields. One of Europe’s highest peaks, the wild terrain of the famed mountain range is reserved for ardent mountaineers and intrepid explorers. Starting today in Google Maps, you can get an up-close, 360-degree look at the breathtaking beauty of Mont Blanc. Following last year’s first-ever vertical imagery collection of El Capitan in California’s <a href="//g.co/Yosemite" target="_blank">Yosemite National Park</a>, we partnered with world-renowned alpine photographers, skiers, mountaineers, climbers, and runners to collect Street View of Western Europe’s highest peak. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I6UGj9aWCnU/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="365" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I6UGj9aWCnU?feature=player_embedded" width="650"></iframe></div> <br /> By working with legendary adventurers, the Street View team was able to capture the spirit of the massif in a way few witness firsthand. Run on the summit with <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.8651793,3a,75y,25.55h,63.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1bdRoq8Vk8EAAAQzzZq2-w!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Kilian Jornet</a>—he holds the speed record for ascending and descending Mont Blanc in just 4 hours 57 minutes! Ice climb up a serac with record-setting alpine climber <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8326169,6.8651732,3a,75y,352.42h,86.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3xbZN2BuOIsAAAQzzZq28g!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Ueli Steck</a>, or go knee deep in powder alongside 14-time ski mountaineering champion <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.8651816,3a,75y,6.8h,65.55t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1siT-yGmgCz2QAAAQzzZq2_g!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Laetitia Roux and famed guide Patrick Gabarrou</a>.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4sQK3nsu4UjC9OfUzeqk6HI1vnvascKqy9CXfD4ROBD46gjlWIbVqkcqunZWluFSX4Z11sFa7rO6oVmgw_pMpg7GuGK5YDquHaxEFcR4Om9heSzeVCZfRM3w_5A2aqqykZW7KA/s1600/Ueli+Ice+Climbing_25MB.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4sQK3nsu4UjC9OfUzeqk6HI1vnvascKqy9CXfD4ROBD46gjlWIbVqkcqunZWluFSX4Z11sFa7rO6oVmgw_pMpg7GuGK5YDquHaxEFcR4Om9heSzeVCZfRM3w_5A2aqqykZW7KA/s640/Ueli+Ice+Climbing_25MB.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Ueli Steck ice climbing on Mont Blanc</i></div> <br /> You can also join French climbing legend <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.8651738,3a,90y,30.7h,101.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1symvFH6EWeSoAAAQzzZq28w!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Catherine Destivelle</a> on the imposing yet beautiful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiguille_du_Midi" target="_blank">Aiguille du Midi</a>, the 3842-meter peak near the Mont Blanc. Or, crouch below innovative filmmaker and free skier <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.86518,3a,75y,14.22h,83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFHS5EryBLQAAAAQzzZq2_A!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Candide Thovex as he soars through the air</a> or has fun as only he can—by <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8326171,6.8651841,3a,75y,20.87h,86.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s40VgLWzy-M8AAAQzzZq3AQ!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">taking his skis from the snow to the grass</a>. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvHChtbosuu24SDagWC1-huBKYDUOWm5iURDfnprxf7gKKhftC-Cn5qsvBtPVthl6VXCxN19yylMtIvqSmM4R4q_3S_VEpV1HSxwYHlVImwX9wwyW1vNBk47f4RXXTJtouZyKaQ/s1600/Screen+Shot+2016-01-20+at+4.05.32+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvHChtbosuu24SDagWC1-huBKYDUOWm5iURDfnprxf7gKKhftC-Cn5qsvBtPVthl6VXCxN19yylMtIvqSmM4R4q_3S_VEpV1HSxwYHlVImwX9wwyW1vNBk47f4RXXTJtouZyKaQ/s640/Screen+Shot+2016-01-20+at+4.05.32+PM.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.832617,6.8651738,3a,90y,30.7h,101.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1symvFH6EWeSoAAAQzzZq28w!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank"><i>Catherine Destivelle ascending near the Aiguille du Midi</i></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwAQjzlGfFtcysApv02RXDTa1R3o0Hq4amCwKY9wN7jWTKQA-_fMjpJkiK6qvTAC5Utc8svfn_51NrF71zwbgPfs-cZ5n0aw0ZXoEDmvKlD0OHeNcqtI3JYS2uCE51Xstw4mj9A/s1600/Shooting+Kilian+SV_BTS+Still+WOB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwAQjzlGfFtcysApv02RXDTa1R3o0Hq4amCwKY9wN7jWTKQA-_fMjpJkiK6qvTAC5Utc8svfn_51NrF71zwbgPfs-cZ5n0aw0ZXoEDmvKlD0OHeNcqtI3JYS2uCE51Xstw4mj9A/s640/Shooting+Kilian+SV_BTS+Still+WOB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <i><a href="http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2013/renan-ozturk/" target="_blank">Renan Ozturk</a>, acclaimed cinematographer and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, alpine photographer <a href="http://alpineexposures.com/about" target="_blank">Jonathan Griffith</a>, and <a href="http://senderfilms.com/" target="_blank">Sender Films</a> joined Google on Mont Blanc as part of the team.</i><br /> <br /> If reaching the top is what you care about, elite guide <a href="http://korrapesce.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Korra Pesce</a> joined the troupe by carrying the Street View Trekker up and down the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8503941,6.8313879,3a,75y,85.04h,85.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sedRgGPiZWOxTNOb2LwsRzA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Goûter Route</a> of Mont Blanc. Click through the Street View to get his first-person perspective of each step to the summit.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJOCgSnMvd5ngea0km92WYUe3zMCDnSt6Lz_p0LoImnsMPaiBj6IQs0AYTvZ_532rlQ2EmqhuN_nsKcbHe0uBwxmJEExDGdEFcu7srRv8jjlAna3u5Sg-17TgB0jld_pzaHOm1A/s1600/Gouter+Route+Fly+Up_25MB.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJOCgSnMvd5ngea0km92WYUe3zMCDnSt6Lz_p0LoImnsMPaiBj6IQs0AYTvZ_532rlQ2EmqhuN_nsKcbHe0uBwxmJEExDGdEFcu7srRv8jjlAna3u5Sg-17TgB0jld_pzaHOm1A/s640/Gouter+Route+Fly+Up_25MB.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Climb the entire Goûter Route of the Mont Blanc massif</i></div> <br /> Unfortunately, Mont Blanc’s glaciers are receding due to climate change. You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMbcntS3APY" target="_blank">learn more</a> about how the rising temperatures are directly affecting the mountain from legendary guide Patrick Gabarrou, who describes the the glacial melt on the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@45.922158,6.9246975,3a,75y,139.55h,108.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxvr2M88V8hnqad0Qf_m9dA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656" target="_blank">Mer de Glace</a>. So this Street View imagery also serves as a digital record of Mont Blanc as it appears today, so future outdoor enthusiasts and scientists can look back at this time capsule to see how the mountain has changed. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoQMe0J5Kn2LP2k6zv1tXXHNloZ0HVCUhCXqP5e0O79i01tFjicK42xvwSYPQ_dmyTwWC2DjQ2HZ6gqTLUf11nXIXgXA4xaAee_jK0QkTr0bqWQrVrPOc-WF80rco9cvqKIw6kg/s1600/Kilian+MB+Summit_25MB.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoQMe0J5Kn2LP2k6zv1tXXHNloZ0HVCUhCXqP5e0O79i01tFjicK42xvwSYPQ_dmyTwWC2DjQ2HZ6gqTLUf11nXIXgXA4xaAee_jK0QkTr0bqWQrVrPOc-WF80rco9cvqKIw6kg/s640/Kilian+MB+Summit_25MB.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Kilian Jornet on the summit of Mont Blanc</i></div> <br /> Whether you choose to run up the Mont Blanc with Kilian Jornet or ski down with Laetitia Roux, we hope you enjoy reaching new heights in Europe’s <a href="//www.google.com/maps/streetview/#mont-blanc" target="_blank">beautiful and endangered mountain range</a>.<br /> <span class="byline-author"><br /> </span> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Sandy Russell, Project Lead, Mont Blanc Street View</span><br /> <br /> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4sQK3nsu4UjC9OfUzeqk6HI1vnvascKqy9CXfD4ROBD46gjlWIbVqkcqunZWluFSX4Z11sFa7rO6oVmgw_pMpg7GuGK5YDquHaxEFcR4Om9heSzeVCZfRM3w_5A2aqqykZW7KA/s1600/Ueli+Ice+Climbing_25MB.gif</span> <span class="post-author-name">Sandy Russell</span> <span class="post-author-title">Project Lead</span> <span class="post-author-team">Mont Blanc Street View</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/street-view-mont-blanc.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Blog:Reach new heights with Street View of Mont Blanc in Google Maps&url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/street-view-mont-blanc.html&via=google'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/street-view-mont-blanc.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/street-view-mont-blanc.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/maps%20and%20earth' rel='tag'> maps and earth </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='4249790036247043749' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/from-self-portraits-to-street-art-1000.html' itemprop='url' title='From self-portraits to street art: 1,000 museums at your fingertips '> From self-portraits to street art: 1,000 museums at your fingertips </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> January 21, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> The history of art is global. Look at Van Gogh—a Dutchman who spent much of his life in France, and was inspired not only by his contemporaries but also by Japanese artists like <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/compare/?item1=rwGc5ZWvzXZ0vA&item2=QAFL1JRk6OKiNQ&projectId=art-project">Hiroshige</a>. But until recently, the act of enjoying art and culture was limited by geography. Unless you could visit a museum in person, it would be hard for you to appreciate a work, brushstroke by brushstroke. And to fully understand the legacy of someone like Van Gogh, you would have to go from Amsterdam to Chicago to New York to Tokyo to discover and marvel at all of his influences, works and successors.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoqrb6izTdUZarXcvzFZBFyzuLMSwFQPBDtwv0Thz4MXTgkwg-tJoDncCZQCXJvLEII1ZmhuAo3ON0ANtvVZTRbZiBC9THQsAz1FB1Z0wDRtAa3Rie9ve1IKBC3oF-spuyGGO/s1600/NL-+Street+Art+Museum+Amsterdam%252C+%25E2%2580%2598Gogh+van+Cruijf%25E2%2580%2599+by+Uriginal%252C+compared+to+the+original+Van+Gogh.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoqrb6izTdUZarXcvzFZBFyzuLMSwFQPBDtwv0Thz4MXTgkwg-tJoDncCZQCXJvLEII1ZmhuAo3ON0ANtvVZTRbZiBC9THQsAz1FB1Z0wDRtAa3Rie9ve1IKBC3oF-spuyGGO/s640/NL-+Street+Art+Museum+Amsterdam%252C+%25E2%2580%2598Gogh+van+Cruijf%25E2%2580%2599+by+Uriginal%252C+compared+to+the+original+Van+Gogh.png" width="640" /></a></div> <i><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/compare/?item1=mwF3N6F_RfJ4_w&item2=MgHboYcuRPjVKw&projectId=street-art">Left: Van Gogh’s self-portrait (Chicago), right: a street art re-interpretation (Amsterdam)</a></i><br /> <br /> But with the <a href="//g.co/ci">Google Cultural Institute</a>, it’s all just a few clicks away. Five years ago, <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/explore-museums-and-great-works-of-art.html">the first 17 museums</a> brought online a few hundred artworks so that anyone in the world could explore paintings, records and artifacts no matter where they were. Today, on our fifth birthday, the Google Cultural Institute has grown to include the collections of more than 1,000 museums and cultural institutions, with over 60 new ones added just today.<br /> <br /> Starting today, you can <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-interior-streetview/jAHfbv3JGM2KaQ">descend through the famous rotunda of the Guggenheim museum</a> in New York—a piece of art in itself—thanks to special aerial Street View imagery, or stroll the grand halls of the world’s heaviest building, the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/palace-of-parliament-bucharest-romania/pAJC1Vza0TCILQ?hl=en-GB">Palace of Parliament in Romania</a>. View Monet’s famous water lilies <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/water-lilies/1QFVEEzvlmrVzg">in super-high “gigapixel” resolution</a> and zoom in to see his layered brushstrokes—then visit <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/asset-viewer/water-lilies/swGGZ-T0rwX-og?projectId=art-project">Monsieur Monet’s real-life garden</a> to see his inspiration.<br /> <br /> From <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/browse/gigapixel">“gigapixel” images</a> to <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/browse/?f.media_type=museumview&s.sort_by=newest&q.openId=8129907598665562501&v.filter=items">Street View inside museums</a>, today’s museums, galleries and theatres are turning to technology to help reach new audiences and inspire them with art and culture. And the possibilities keep expanding with the addition of newer technologies like virtual reality. Just recently we worked with the Dulwich Picture Gallery—England’s oldest public art gallery—to take the young patients of King’s College Hospital in London on a virtual field trip to the museum using Google Cardboard.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibn-SHNCzFYWUJ_T-pbMPmrvVSFiH17S9uY9ZscOgCpSKI5rU2wEEHwzPk4c9qFzoq06q3RMDg1bG5W4MUgJqlkI-WteQeE1zB1ZldE2M3VX6DM5xQZqP46Ec3Gu-58qHH-FB/s1600/Malachi%252C+age+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibn-SHNCzFYWUJ_T-pbMPmrvVSFiH17S9uY9ZscOgCpSKI5rU2wEEHwzPk4c9qFzoq06q3RMDg1bG5W4MUgJqlkI-WteQeE1zB1ZldE2M3VX6DM5xQZqP46Ec3Gu-58qHH-FB/s640/Malachi%252C+age+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <i>Young patients at King’s College Hospital, London, were the first to experience the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/dulwich-picture-gallery">Dulwich Picture Gallery</a> in virtual reality</i><br /> <br /> Virtual visits will never replace the real thing. But technology can help open up art and culture to everyone, and we think that’s a powerful thing. As you browse the Google Cultural Institute’s 6 million objects exploring humanity’s diverse heritage across 70 countries—from this <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/hand-axe/ggGRIHF4KE5MPw?projectId=art-project">prehistoric equivalent of the Swiss Army knife</a> in the Netherlands, to the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/entity/%2Fm%2F0l8cb">Taj Mahal in India</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/tezuka-osamu-manga-museum/ARLlaUsh">manga drawings in Japan</a>—we hope you’ll agree. <br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Amit Sood, director of the Google Cultural Institute </span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">IMAGE URL</span> <span class="post-author-name">Amit Sood</span> <span class="post-author-title">Director</span> <span class="post-author-team">Google Cultural Institute </span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> The history of art is global. Look at Van Gogh—a Dutchman who spent much of his life in France, and was inspired not only by his contemporaries but also by Japanese artists like <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/compare/?item1=rwGc5ZWvzXZ0vA&item2=QAFL1JRk6OKiNQ&projectId=art-project">Hiroshige</a>. But until recently, the act of enjoying art and culture was limited by geography. Unless you could visit a museum in person, it would be hard for you to appreciate a work, brushstroke by brushstroke. And to fully understand the legacy of someone like Van Gogh, you would have to go from Amsterdam to Chicago to New York to Tokyo to discover and marvel at all of his influences, works and successors.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoqrb6izTdUZarXcvzFZBFyzuLMSwFQPBDtwv0Thz4MXTgkwg-tJoDncCZQCXJvLEII1ZmhuAo3ON0ANtvVZTRbZiBC9THQsAz1FB1Z0wDRtAa3Rie9ve1IKBC3oF-spuyGGO/s1600/NL-+Street+Art+Museum+Amsterdam%252C+%25E2%2580%2598Gogh+van+Cruijf%25E2%2580%2599+by+Uriginal%252C+compared+to+the+original+Van+Gogh.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizoqrb6izTdUZarXcvzFZBFyzuLMSwFQPBDtwv0Thz4MXTgkwg-tJoDncCZQCXJvLEII1ZmhuAo3ON0ANtvVZTRbZiBC9THQsAz1FB1Z0wDRtAa3Rie9ve1IKBC3oF-spuyGGO/s640/NL-+Street+Art+Museum+Amsterdam%252C+%25E2%2580%2598Gogh+van+Cruijf%25E2%2580%2599+by+Uriginal%252C+compared+to+the+original+Van+Gogh.png" width="640" /></a></div> <i><a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/compare/?item1=mwF3N6F_RfJ4_w&item2=MgHboYcuRPjVKw&projectId=street-art">Left: Van Gogh’s self-portrait (Chicago), right: a street art re-interpretation (Amsterdam)</a></i><br /> <br /> But with the <a href="//g.co/ci">Google Cultural Institute</a>, it’s all just a few clicks away. Five years ago, <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/explore-museums-and-great-works-of-art.html">the first 17 museums</a> brought online a few hundred artworks so that anyone in the world could explore paintings, records and artifacts no matter where they were. Today, on our fifth birthday, the Google Cultural Institute has grown to include the collections of more than 1,000 museums and cultural institutions, with over 60 new ones added just today.<br /> <br /> Starting today, you can <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-interior-streetview/jAHfbv3JGM2KaQ">descend through the famous rotunda of the Guggenheim museum</a> in New York—a piece of art in itself—thanks to special aerial Street View imagery, or stroll the grand halls of the world’s heaviest building, the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/palace-of-parliament-bucharest-romania/pAJC1Vza0TCILQ?hl=en-GB">Palace of Parliament in Romania</a>. View Monet’s famous water lilies <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/water-lilies/1QFVEEzvlmrVzg">in super-high “gigapixel” resolution</a> and zoom in to see his layered brushstrokes—then visit <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/asset-viewer/water-lilies/swGGZ-T0rwX-og?projectId=art-project">Monsieur Monet’s real-life garden</a> to see his inspiration.<br /> <br /> From <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/browse/gigapixel">“gigapixel” images</a> to <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/browse/?f.media_type=museumview&s.sort_by=newest&q.openId=8129907598665562501&v.filter=items">Street View inside museums</a>, today’s museums, galleries and theatres are turning to technology to help reach new audiences and inspire them with art and culture. And the possibilities keep expanding with the addition of newer technologies like virtual reality. Just recently we worked with the Dulwich Picture Gallery—England’s oldest public art gallery—to take the young patients of King’s College Hospital in London on a virtual field trip to the museum using Google Cardboard.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibn-SHNCzFYWUJ_T-pbMPmrvVSFiH17S9uY9ZscOgCpSKI5rU2wEEHwzPk4c9qFzoq06q3RMDg1bG5W4MUgJqlkI-WteQeE1zB1ZldE2M3VX6DM5xQZqP46Ec3Gu-58qHH-FB/s1600/Malachi%252C+age+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibn-SHNCzFYWUJ_T-pbMPmrvVSFiH17S9uY9ZscOgCpSKI5rU2wEEHwzPk4c9qFzoq06q3RMDg1bG5W4MUgJqlkI-WteQeE1zB1ZldE2M3VX6DM5xQZqP46Ec3Gu-58qHH-FB/s640/Malachi%252C+age+12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <i>Young patients at King’s College Hospital, London, were the first to experience the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collection/dulwich-picture-gallery">Dulwich Picture Gallery</a> in virtual reality</i><br /> <br /> Virtual visits will never replace the real thing. But technology can help open up art and culture to everyone, and we think that’s a powerful thing. As you browse the Google Cultural Institute’s 6 million objects exploring humanity’s diverse heritage across 70 countries—from this <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/hand-axe/ggGRIHF4KE5MPw?projectId=art-project">prehistoric equivalent of the Swiss Army knife</a> in the Netherlands, to the <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/entity/%2Fm%2F0l8cb">Taj Mahal in India</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/tezuka-osamu-manga-museum/ARLlaUsh">manga drawings in Japan</a>—we hope you’ll agree. <br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Amit Sood, director of the Google Cultural Institute </span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">IMAGE URL</span> <span class="post-author-name">Amit Sood</span> <span class="post-author-title">Director</span> <span class="post-author-team">Google Cultural Institute </span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/from-self-portraits-to-street-art-1000.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Blog:From self-portraits to street art: 1,000 museums at your fingertips &url=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/from-self-portraits-to-street-art-1000.html&via=google'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/from-self-portraits-to-street-art-1000.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/from-self-portraits-to-street-art-1000.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='4147720455393304174' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/youtube-creators-interview-president.html' itemprop='url' title='YouTube creators interview President Obama following his final State of the Union '> YouTube creators interview President Obama following his final State of the Union </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> January 11, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <i>"We're going to have 21st century fireside chats where I'll speak directly to the American people in a way that I think will enhance democracy and strengthen our government."</i> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1MGi12RspA&feature=youtu.be&t=2m3s">Senator Barack Obama</a>, November 15, 2007<br /> <br /> Tomorrow evening, President Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address to Congress, which will broadcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse">live on YouTube</a>. Then, as he has every year after the speech, he’ll turn to YouTube and Google to take questions from Americans about the issues that matter to them.<br /> <br /> This Friday, January 15, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OQ5a_BtEso">Destin Sandlin</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpch_KYVNM">Ingrid Nilsen</a>, and <a href="https://youtu.be/tsfnYrAOPe0">Adande Thorne</a>—three popular YouTube creators—will travel to Washington, D.C. to host a live YouTube Interview with President Obama. They’ll join the President in the East Room of the White House, asking a selection of questions that are top of mind for them and their fans. You can watch the whole thing on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse">White House YouTube channel</a>—and if you have a question for the President, suggest it by using the hashtag #YouTubeAsksObama on social media.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nySZH0tcL9I" width="640"></iframe><br /> The interview will stream live on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse">White House YouTube channel</a> on Friday, January 15 at 2:15 p.m. EST. And don’t forget to tune in on January 12 at 9 p.m. EST to watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse">State of the Union address live</a>, as well as the <a href="//www.youtube.com/speakerryan">Republican response</a>, live on YouTube.<br /> <br /> Throughout his time in office, President Obama has used technology to open up the doors (<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house">all 412 of them</a>) to the White House—from posting behind-the-scenes <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/367301180910624768">photos</a> of life in the West Wing to uploading a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=proxBhvbNDA">weekly address</a> on the most pressing topics facing the nation. We’re excited to have played a role in this process with our seven YouTube Interviews, tackling issues <a href="https://youtu.be/eeTj5qMGTAI?t=3m5s">big</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/kp_zigxMS-Y?t=12m29s">small</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/GbR6iQ62v9k?t=31m50s">poignant</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/eeTj5qMGTAI?t=49m49s">personal</a>. We look forward to helping future presidents connect with Americans in compelling ways.<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Ramya Raghavan, Google Politics</span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; mso-hide: all; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmYGz1cKQN7T1pAQxZ-giOamVz3-hNv67FkN_r63DqDX0-xJo68aL2pT49kXWIuBEXHLwJEO3aYzO7Vxp59F51f7pLlMCNdg5HZZqkORD1Onf_6ik4X4q-CqH-JHyUhhcMTyy/s1600/YT+POTUS+2.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Ramya Raghavan</span> <span class="post-author-team">Google Politics</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </script> <noscript> <i>"We're going to have 21st century fireside chats where I'll speak directly to the American people in a way that I think will enhance democracy and strengthen our government."</i> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1MGi12RspA&feature=youtu.be&t=2m3s">Senator Barack Obama</a>, November 15, 2007<br /> <br /> Tomorrow evening, President Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address to Congress, which will broadcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse">live on YouTube</a>. Then, as he has every year after the speech, he’ll turn to YouTube and Google to take questions from Americans about the issues that matter to them.<br /> <br /> This Friday, January 15, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OQ5a_BtEso">Destin Sandlin</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpch_KYVNM">Ingrid Nilsen</a>, and <a href="https://youtu.be/tsfnYrAOPe0">Adande Thorne</a>—three popular YouTube creators—will travel to Washington, D.C. to host a live YouTube Interview with President Obama. They’ll join the President in the East Room of the White House, asking a selection of questions that are top of mind for them and their fans. You can watch the whole thing on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse">White House YouTube channel</a>—and if you have a question for the President, suggest it by using the hashtag #YouTubeAsksObama on social media.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nySZH0tcL9I" width="640"></iframe><br /> The interview will stream live on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse">White House YouTube channel</a> on Friday, January 15 at 2:15 p.m. EST. And don’t forget to tune in on January 12 at 9 p.m. EST to watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse">State of the Union address live</a>, as well as the <a href="//www.youtube.com/speakerryan">Republican response</a>, live on YouTube.<br /> <br /> Throughout his time in office, President Obama has used technology to open up the doors (<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house">all 412 of them</a>) to the White House—from posting behind-the-scenes <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/367301180910624768">photos</a> of life in the West Wing to uploading a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=proxBhvbNDA">weekly address</a> on the most pressing topics facing the nation. We’re excited to have played a role in this process with our seven YouTube Interviews, tackling issues <a href="https://youtu.be/eeTj5qMGTAI?t=3m5s">big</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/kp_zigxMS-Y?t=12m29s">small</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/GbR6iQ62v9k?t=31m50s">poignant</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/eeTj5qMGTAI?t=49m49s">personal</a>. We look forward to helping future presidents connect with Americans in compelling ways.<br /> <br /> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Ramya Raghavan, Google Politics</span> <span data-about-syndication="" style="display: none; font-size: 0; line-height: 0; max-height: 0; mso-hide: all; overflow: hidden;"> <span class="post-image">https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmYGz1cKQN7T1pAQxZ-giOamVz3-hNv67FkN_r63DqDX0-xJo68aL2pT49kXWIuBEXHLwJEO3aYzO7Vxp59F51f7pLlMCNdg5HZZqkORD1Onf_6ik4X4q-CqH-JHyUhhcMTyy/s1600/YT+POTUS+2.jpg</span> <span class="post-author-name">Ramya Raghavan</span> <span class="post-author-team">Google Politics</span> </span> <span itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'> <meta content='https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550' itemprop='url'/> </span> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' 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