Google's New AI Tool Turns Prompts Into Explorable Open World Environments

On Tuesday, Google DeepMind unveiled Genie 3, a generative AI model that can create interactive, 3D worlds in real time from a simple prompt or image. Users can add objects, change the weather, or introduce new characters, which DeepMind calls "promptable events." It's turned everything into an open-world game.

Genie 3's worlds are continuously generated, and users can alter them anytime. While some folks in the gaming industry doubt that such tools will be practical for mainstream game creation, DeepMind says Genie 3 is as much a research asset as it is a creator of virtual worlds, as reported by Ars Technica.

The model incorporates major visual fidelity upgrades over its predecessor, Genie 2. Users can navigate Genie 3's simulated worlds using keyboard input at 720p resolution and 24 frames per second. The best part is that, where Genie 2 struggled to retain world details for more ...