Step into the map with the Street View grounding feature in Project Genie from @GoogleDeepmind and @GoogleLabs.
Announced at I/O, this research prototype uses locations from @GoogleMaps Street View as a foundation, letting you generate and explore interactive, 360-degree virtual environments from just a text prompt or real-world starting place.
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As an experimental tool, Project Genie tackles the "blank space" problem (showing both whatโs in front of the camera and behind it) by utilizing Street View data to realistically generate a 360-degree view of the location you selected as the starting point for your world to generate from.
Worlds generated by Genie are far more dynamic and rich because theyโre created frame-by-frame based on the world description and user actions. By predicting each subsequent frame, Genie is able to simulate what it looks like to swim across an ocean, or hike to the top of a peak, marking a massive shift in interactive media and simulation pipelines.
What real-world place would you want to step into and explore?
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