Google’s Top Secret Camera Lab Has a Fake Cafe for Testing the Pixel 8 Pro in 2024
Google’s Top Secret Camera Lab Has a Fake Cafe for Testing the Pixel 8 Pro Google has an elaborate photo set so it can test its Google Pixel camera in situations akin to the real world. CNET went behind the scenes at Google’s Real World Testing Lab where there is a fake cafe, living room set, and even fake pets (stuffed animals) where all the lighting elements like color temperature and intensity can be controlled. But there were a few secret areas where the Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are tested that CNET wasn’t allowed to see “Real people take pictures in places like living rooms and cafes,” Issac Reynolds, Google’s group product manager for Pixel Camera, tells CNET . Google showed how it tested the Pixel 8’s new low-light video enhancement called Night Sight which has been a feature on still images for years but it’s harder to bring to video because of the massive increase in file size. Reynolds explains that everyday s...