TL;DR Google’s Genie models are able to transform user prompts into virtual 3D worlds.
After developing Genie 3 last year, Google’s turned it into an interactive experiment with Project Genie.
While Project Genie lets you create and explore worlds, it’s currently limited to AI Ultra subscribers.
There’s no denying that generative AI can produce some impressive results, and while it’s easy to see that success and imagine some even grander possibilities, actually distilling all that promise down into an easy-to-use, reliable tool can prove particularly challenging. Last year, Google showed off its Genie 3 world-building engine — give it a prompt, and it could create realistic scenes, ready to explore. And now it’s finally your chance to try this magic out for yourself, as Google launches Project Genie.
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Project Genie works a lot like tools you’re already familiar with, and even taps into Nano Banana Pro. You can describe a world you’d like it to create, offer directions about the artistic style the output should take, and even upload media you’d like it to take inspiration from. After previewing that with a sketch, you can further refine exactly how this world should take shape.
You’re also going to need an avatar to move around in your Project Genie world, and you can similarly specify exactly what form that should take — an object, animal, person; whatever you like. And once you make all these choices, you can start using your avatar to explore your brand-new world. If you ever wanted to see what it was like to move around the world as your pet dog or cat, now’s your chance.
It may not be a proper video game you end up with (at least not one with any goals), but if you love software that just leaves you free to explore interesting environments, this sounds like the sort of thing that’s going to be right up your alley.
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