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[IbizaPocholo]

Start building and exploring worlds of your own with Project Genie.

Project Genie is an experimental research prototype that lets you create and explore infinitely diverse worlds. Simply use a text or image prompt to generate interactive environments that build in real time as you play them.

Project Genie is powered by Genie 3, our world model which enables training AI agents in an unlimited curriculum of rich simulations and opens new frontiers for AI research.

It's currently available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US (18+), expanding to more territories in due course.

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These are Gameplay, not video.

https://streamable.com/nrk12e
https://twitter.com/n_reruns/status/2016977459275813055 https://twitter.com/founderengineer/status/2016966435726315639 https://twitter.com/nicdunz/status/2017233797792632952 https://x.com/fofrAI/status/2017040763826426090 https://twitter.com/Zagabond/status/2016973547214950910 https://x.com/minchoi/status/2016992620862476478

Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs

Here we go.

www.theverge.com

 

[Signalis]

Nah....I'll pass on the A.I. slop

P.S. IbizaPocholo your post looks more like a marketing post

 

[bighugeguns]

LABS.GOOGLE

Stay up to date with the latest Google AI experiments, innovative tools, and technology. Explore the future of AI responsibly with Google Labs.

labs.google

I want to see what Hideo Kojima does with that.

Make it happen, Google.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

$129/month for Google Ultra AI sub...

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Yup, this is why we are tanking the global economy - more AI slop.

 

[bighugeguns]

Wait are these videos or interactive like a game?

 

[nemiroff]

$129/month for Google Ultra AI sub...

And no wonder. This is an experimental feature, no reason for Google to open the floodgates now. And just like image and video generation was locked behind ridiculously expensive subscriptions, this too will end up not requiring a premium sub.

Wait are these videos or interactive like a game?

Interactive like a game.

 

[bighugeguns]

And no wonder. This is an experimental feature, no reason for Google to open the floodgates now. And just like image and video generation was locked behind ridiculously expensive subscriptions, this too will end up not requiring a premium sub.


Interactive like a game.

This is sci-fi shit

We're all here jerking off over unreal engine shit while these people are doing no shit sci-fi

 

[nemiroff]

This is sci-fi shit

And just "yesterday" it looked quite bad, with little to no temporal stability. Imagine how it will look like "tomorrow"...

 

[sodstall]

using "play" loosely here .

 

[Trogdor1123]

This is just the start. Once you get skilled people using and manipulating it we are going to see some incredible products.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

And no wonder. This is an experimental feature, no reason for Google to open the floodgates now. And just like image and video generation was locked behind ridiculously expensive subscriptions, this too will end up not requiring a premium sub.


Interactive like a game.

Experimental should be limited but free.

Google is harvesting the data to train and build out it's world models.

I'm the early days of Gen AI, MidJourney (and other platforms) often had betas allowing users to generate many images, etc.

 

[Sethbacca]

Everybody ready for the Ready Player One future??

 

[Solarstrike]

Creativity shouldn't be locked away behind a paywall. I can understand Google wants to monitor this stuff but jeez common. At least let people demo it

 

[Idleyes]

If it can only generate "look around" worlds and not actual gameplay elements, it isn't ready.

 

[Nankatsu]

So gaming is about to go back to only be using d-pad and jump button?

 

[ScHlAuChi]

This is not a game engine - this is a real time video creator.
There is no gameplay!
It is impossible to create a consistent game world or story with this.

So aside from trying out level enviroments, this is completely useless for game development!

 

[bighugeguns]

If it can only generate "look around" worlds and not actual gameplay elements, it isn't ready.

This is why I think these tools will just slide into existing dev pipelines. You still need talent direction. It's fucking crazy technology, though. AAA will be like 20 person strong super high paid super talented people teams.

They'll pump out bangers every 12 months. No more 20 years per AAA title nightmare world.

 

[nemiroff]

Experimental should be limited but free.

Google is harvesting the data to train and build out it's world models.

I'm the early days of Gen AI, MidJourney (and other platforms) often had betas allowing users to generate many images, etc.

Creativity shouldn't be locked away behind a paywall. I can understand Google wants to monitor this stuff but jeez common. At least let people demo it

Giving away the AI processing required to do this shit for free could potentially cost them millions and millions. It wouldn't make sense for anyone. Just a 1-minute HD trailer costs AI companies up to $30 to generate. It's just not realistic to give it away.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Ill stick to handcrafted ones made with love.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

 

[A.Romero]

This looks amazing. Putting tech like this down just shows lack of vision. This could enable a format like DREAMS to be 100% accessible to anyone without investing dozens of hours creating something.

Google LABS is for testing shit. Even if right now it just enables moving around 3D it looks very promising despite being in early stages.

You can literally make a drawing come to life, even if it's just for a walking simulator. Any environment that you can describe or see somewhere can be your playground.

The future is bright, how can some people not see it?

 

[bighugeguns]

Oh fuck off this tech is amazing. Fucking Sony.

 

[The_hunter]

Google stadia 2

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Oh fuck off this tech is amazing. Fucking Sony.

Effortless slop will never be a good form of entertainment

 

[bighugeguns]

Effortless slop will never be a good form of entertainment

Correct, which is why you get the right talent to put effort into this and out comes the next gen.

The REAL next gen, not ps4 to ps5 BULLSHIT, I'm talking SNES to PS1 shit.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

This looks amazing. Putting tech like this down just shows lack of vision. This could enable a format like DREAMS to be 100% accessible to anyone without investing dozens of hours creating something.

Google LABS is for testing shit. Even if right now it just enables moving around 3D it looks very promising despite being in early stages.

You can literally make a drawing come to life, even if it's just for a walking simulator. Any environment that you can describe or see somewhere can be your playground.

The future is bright, how can some people not see it?

Because I'm in the business of making games and I can see that this is largely horse shit and marketing.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Correct, which is why you get the right talent to put effort into this and out comes the next gen.

Whose games will inevitably drown in a sea of dogshit

 

[bighugeguns]

Whose games will inevitably drown in a sea of dogshit

The cream will always rise to the top.

 

[A.Romero]

Because I'm in the business of making games and I can see that this is largely horse shit and marketing.

Why? What limitations does it have? Are those limitations hard and can never be resolved?

Is that your opinion about GenAI in general or only about this particular product?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

The cream will always rise to the top.

Oh my sweet summer child

 

[bighugeguns]

Oh my sweet summer child

No, this is the next gen, you have got to deal with it.

Or it's going to deal with you, pony.

Go back to your Sony temple, tell your masters the PS6 must be all up in this shit.

 

[ScHlAuChi]

This is sci-fi shit

It is not, as all this does is generate a realtime video - there is no gameplay.
Try anything more complex than walking, driving and jumping and this falls apart.

We're all here jerking off over unreal engine shit while these people are doing no shit sci-fi

Game Engines are extremly optimized compared to AI.
This shit doesnt scale, when 10m people want to play GTA7 on Genie, you would need a data center the size of Texas.

 

[nemiroff]

This is not a game engine - this is a real time video creator.

That's _kinda_ true cause it doesn't generate geometry. But obviously it's more than just traditional video and could potentially lead to a much wider use case.

 

[keefged4]

No, this is the next gen, you have got to deal with it.

 

[Germuso]

These are Gameplay, not video.

 

[LordCBH]

How Satya Nadella about to be rolling up on Google HQ:

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I want to create a universe, a haunted house like Silent Hill or Condemned, like Resident Evil 7, and explore it with a VR headset.

That's what I want.

 

[bighugeguns]

Sony should buy Google immediately.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

Giving away the AI processing required to do this shit for free could potentially cost them millions and millions. It wouldn't make sense for anyone. Just a 1-minute HD trailer costs AI companies up to $30 to generate. It's just not realistic to give it away.

Wrong. They absolutely could subsidize it, they just don't want to.

Google isn't some startup trying to keep the lights on.

The $129 cost isn't about value, it's about gatekeeping, throttling usage, and making the investors happy.

Essentially paying a premium to beta test. But you're right about one thing...there's a zero chance this price point survives once all is said and done.

This looks amazing. Putting tech like this down just shows lack of vision. This could enable a format like DREAMS to be 100% accessible to anyone without investing dozens of hours creating something.

Google LABS is for testing shit. Even if right now it just enables moving around 3D it looks very promising despite being in early stages.

You can literally make a drawing come to life, even if it's just for a walking simulator. Any environment that you can describe or see somewhere can be your playground.

The future is bright, how can some people not see it?

You can believe in the technology and still call out the absolute fleecing of the consumer market. Those things are not mutually exclusive.

AI will change everything, but we shouldn't have to pay exorbitant amounts while they're refining the product and figuring out their business model.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

These are Gameplay, not video.

Legalized theft lol

 

[thefool]

These are Gameplay, not video.

Incredible.

 

[ScHlAuChi]

That's _kinda_ true cause it doesn't generate geometry. But obviously it's more than just traditional video and could potentially lead to a much wider use case.

It is impressive that they can manipulate the videostream in realtime to generate this.
But to make a game this is completely useless, as you dont have consistency for more than a few minutes.

What this will be useful for is future game engines using neural rendering.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

Incredible.

Agreed. The videos are the proof.

 

[bighugeguns]

Legalized theft lol

The PS6 is going to be fucking mind blowing.

 

[videogamedude]

i bet it makes great porn tho

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

i bet it makes great porn tho

The only use case

 

[videogamedude]

The only use case

Bayonetta: Weeee

 

[A.Romero]

Wrong. They absolutely could subsidize it, they just don't want to.

Google isn't some startup trying to keep the lights on.

The $129 cost isn't about value, it's about gatekeeping, throttling usage, and making the investors happy.

Essentially paying a premium to beta test. But you're right about one thing...there's a zero chance this price point survives once all is said and done.



You can believe in the technology and still call out the absolute fleecing of the consumer market. Those things are not mutually exclusive.

AI will change everything, but we shouldn't have to pay exorbitant amounts while they're refining the product and figuring out their business model.

But why fleecing?

I'm in the industry and that shit is so very expensive it blows my mind.

Why should they subsidize? I think I'm not understanding what you are trying to say.

 

[bighugeguns]

The only use case

Will you feel betrayed when the PS6 emerges from the inky depts of Sony and is a full bore next gen interactive AI streamer? The people will rejoice. Will you?