Google’s ‘Genie 3’ Interactive Generative Video Model Takes Us One Step Closer to the Holodeck

Google’s ‘Genie 3’ Interactive Generative Video Model Takes Us One Step Closer to the Holodeck

DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, announced the release of Genie 3, a new AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time—and bringing us one step closer to the Holodeck. Google says in a DeepMind update that with a simple text prompt, Genie 3 can create dynamic, navigable scenes that run at 24 frames-per-second in 720p resolution.

Meta Releases New AI Features to Make ‘Horizon Worlds’ Development Easier

Meta Releases New AI Features to Make ‘Horizon Worlds’ Development Easier

Meta just released a few new generative AI features for its Horizon Worlds desktop editor, which the company says will streamline the development of user-generated environments on its metaverse platform. As mentioned in a Meta blog post, the latest Horizon Worlds developer update includes two major tools that should help boost content on the platform: ‘Creator

‘Oasis’ WMR Driver Expected Later This Month, Bringing New Life to Microsoft’s PC VR Headsets

‘Oasis’ WMR Driver Expected Later This Month, Bringing New Life to Microsoft’s PC VR Headsets

Microsoft stopped supporting its WMR platform on Windows 11 last year, essentially putting an end to its first foray into PC VR headsets. However, an unofficial SteamVR driver called ‘Oasis’ aims to bridge the gap when it releases later this month. According to Oasis creator Matthieu Bucchianeri, the driver’s tentative global release date is August 29th, which

Red Bull’s ‘Touching the Sky’ is an Hour-long Immersive Documentary on Wingsuit Flying and More, Now on Quest

Red Bull’s ‘Touching the Sky’ is an Hour-long Immersive Documentary on Wingsuit Flying and More, Now on Quest

Red Bull and Jonathan Griffith Productions have released Touching the Sky on Quest, now letting you follow wingsuit base jumpers in the European Alps and a paragliding team across the Himalayas in Pakistan in an hour-long immersive documentary. Captured using custom-built 3D, 360 cameras, the documentary lets you accompany wingsuit and base jump athletes Fred