Don’t look now but Project Genie is one of the most exciting products Google has been working on. It is now possible to build interactive worlds with a simple prompt or image. Project Genie is now available to AI Ultra Subscribers. It lets you design your own world and character using text and visual prompts. Thanks to Nano Banana Pro, you can preview your images to make adjustments.
Step inside Project Genie: our experimental research prototype that lets you create, edit, and explore virtual worlds. 🌎 pic.twitter.com/HQr1FRNlpy
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Genie 3 generates environments in real-time as you move through. You can remix worlds too. Your prompts don’t need to be super complex either. Here is one:
Environment: an underwater ocean with lots of coral
Character: a gold fish
Once your preview is generated, you can modify your sketch. This is an early research model, so there are still some limitations. Your generations are currently limited to 60 seconds.
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