So, I stumbled across this thing about DeepMind’s latest creation, Genie 3. If you don’t know, they’re Google’s brainy bunch dabbling in AI wizardry. Genie 3, they say, is something like… well, kind of like a Holodeck from Star Trek. Or, at least, that’s what it seems like. Who knows if we’ll ever see that for real, but hey, a person can dream, right?
Apparently, you type some magic words — a text prompt, they call it — and boom, you’ve got yourself a fully interactive scene spinning up at 24 frames a second. Color me impressed. It runs in 720p, in case you’re curious. But only on regular monitors for now. VR fans might be bummed to hear it’s not ready for headsets yet. Quest 3 and its shiny display are still miles ahead with their high specs. I mean, drawing comparisons here is like apples and, I don’t know, dragon fruits?
Despite that, it’s like peering into a crystal ball showing what’s coming. This Genie character doesn’t rely on pre-rendered scenes. Nope, it’s crafting the world in real time — like, actually on the fly. How cool is that? You get to poke around, and it just responds. Neat, right?
And not just that. These places it makes? They don’t just fall apart in seconds, which is pretty wild. They hang on to memory for a while, almost like they remember what you’ve done before.
Genie 3 isn’t some one-trick pony either. Think cozy nature scenes or bustling historical landscapes… even animated worlds. And you can like, direct stuff. Change the weather, plop in some random objects. It feels a bit like being a god in your own digital sandbox. Fancy a jet ski in Amsterdam’s canals? Sure, why not?
Beyond just playing around, they reckon it might train embodied AI — whatever that means. Something about teaching robots and stuff, and I guess, improving gaming experiences. Honestly, the applications sound kinda endless. But, yeah, it’s got its quirks. They admit it’s not super skilled at handling too many agents (those are AI characters acting like little independent thinkers) in one place, groaning under the weight of multi-agent chaos. And forget about “perfectly” mirroring our messy, beautiful world. We’re still not there yet.
But considering how far we’ve come from those silent YouTube compilations, this is pretty mind-boggling. Our beloved internet spaghetti sessions featuring celebs (hello, Will Smith munching away) could get even more convincing. Imagine that!
