For a conference that has been used to advance Android and Chrome, and introduce Google Glass with users parachuting from a plane, people are expecting to hear about virtual reality and artificial intelligence at this week's Google I/O conference.
"This year's focus will be virtual reality, no doubt," said Jeff Kagan, an independent industry analyst. "I believe Google wants to be a leader in virtual reality and, in this marketplace where there are no leaders yet, I think they will try and secure their place in the front of the line."
卡根表示，谷歌甚至可能在推出自己的早发代虚拟现实设备I/O，该公司的年度开发者大会上，一般吸引了超过6000人参加。
这次会议是正在召开from Wednesday through Friday in Mountain View, Calif., the same city where Google is headquartered.
其中一个为今年的会议上的巨大分歧是，它不是在Moscone中心在旧金山。
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The Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif., where this year's Google I/O conference will be held.
Google has not given a reason for the change of venue, to the Shoreline Amphitheatre, though many anticipate that the company is looking to use the outdoor fairplex to display advances in its work on autonomous cars, robotics or drones.
"I expect it means Google will be showing off its skills at defining and powering autonomous vehicles -- not just cars but drones and devices of all sorts," said Jack Gold, an analyst with J.Gold Associates. "Cars seem to be getting the headlines but there are a number of autonomous things that Google wants to power."
Gold added that those smart devices could range from autonomous garbage trucks to systems that find an open parking space for your car and autonomous wheelchairs for people with disabilities.
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“可以把它看作同一种比赛通过努力功率的智能手机，我们去，”他说。“谷歌赢得了很大的打击有竞争，它正试图将自己定位为自主车和机器人小工具下一波内部的电源，也是如此。”
斯科特·斯特朗，IDC的分析师说，他认为谷歌很可能会炫耀无人驾驶汽车。
Google had pushed hard into robotics back in 2013,铲起波士顿动力, the maker of the Atlas humanoid robot and the Big Dog, along with a string of other robotics companies. When reports hit that Google is试图卸载Boston Dynamics, it left many observers wondering how committed the company still is to developing its own robotics technology.
“经过安迪·鲁宾[谷歌的机器人业务部的前负责人]left，目前尚不清楚他们多大的进步与他们的机器人程序进行，”斯特朗说，‘但他们的车已经在媒体上’了不少，这可能暗示某种本周揭幕。
而随着谷歌的自动驾驶汽车和虚拟现实越来越大的兴趣，有一个自然推动了公司大量投资于人工智能和机器学习，以支持这些努力。
Many industry analysts are expecting to hear more about that this week.
"What's most important to me are the efforts Google has around cognitive computing and artificial intelligence," said Gold. "We are seeing major pushes by IBM, with Watson, and Microsoft and others. I'd really like to see how Google plans to counter these efforts."
他补充说，他有兴趣，看看谷歌将谈论或炫耀提前到苹果的Siri，或亚马逊的回声。
斯特朗也认为，谷歌可能会集中在智能个人助理。
"Google is working hard to create an interactive digital assistant," said Strawn. "If you've ever seen the movie她的，这会给你的互动，他们正试图创建类型的一个好主意。主要是它是帮助组织人们的生活，有点像一个永远存在的助手，你可以有一个谈话。”
Of course, it wouldn't be Google I/O without talk of Android and Chrome but most aren't expecting huge news out of those areas this week.
“谷歌总是有一些类型将被透露有关Android的下一个版本，尽管今年一些Android的N个特征已经被公布更新的，” Gartner的分析师布莱恩·布劳说。“已经有多年传言称Android和Chrome OS将被合并或将互操作to some degree. And while some developers want this merging to happen sooner than later, Google may only look at some interoperability versus a more substantial merging."
Google's cloud efforts also are likely to get some attention. AndProject Tango，一种技术，使移动设备能够意识到自己在世界上的地位，有望在会议期间进行更新。
"I believe [Project Tango] was demonstrated at last year's conference, so I expect to see some refinements and further packaging of this intriguing idea," said Brad Shimmin, an analyst with Current Analysis. "Clearly, mobile devices are not just ubiquitous but also heterogeneous in shape, size and purpose. If Google can deliver a set of APIs that engage those devices directly with the physical world around them and with their users, we could be in for something much more momentous than even virtual reality."
这个故事，“谷歌I / O：期待A.I.，虚拟现实”最初发表Computerworld .
