Can auto-generated « worlds » really be exciting?
Google launched a new AI product this week, and as Seeking Alpha points out, videogame-related stocks like Unity and Take-Two took a dip. If those share price fluctuations really were a reaction to Project Genie, which was first revealed last year and is said to generate interactive « worlds », it’s awfully premature—this doesn’t do anything to GTA 6’s prospects, let’s be real.
But The Verge gave it a go, and was able to produce what the site called « bad Nintendo knockoffs », which is certainly interesting.
Google calls its current Project Genie model, Genie 3, an « experimental research prototype » (a funny name for something it’s selling access to for $250 per month as part of its « AI Ultra » subscription) and says it enables users to « create, explore and remix their own interactive worlds. »
« Unlike explorable experiences in static 3D snapshots, Genie 3 generates the path ahead in real time as you move and interact with the world », Google said in a blog post. « It simulates physics and interactions for dynamic worlds, while its breakthrough consistency enables the simulation of any real-world scenario—from robotics and modelling animation and fiction, to exploring locations and historical settings.
