DeepMind has announced Genie 2, an artificial intelligence model capable of creating playable 3D environments from single images and text prompts. The model, unveiled on December 4, 2024, represents an advancement over its predecessor Genie 1, which was limited to 2D worlds. According to DeepMind, Genie 2 can generate interactive environments that respond to keyboard …
World Labs, founded by AI researcher Fei-Fei Li, has introduced an AI system that can generate interactive 3D environments from a single image. The company has secured $230 million in funding and reached a valuation of over $1 billion, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Intel Capital. The system allows users to explore AI-generated 3D …
Adobe is unveiling experimental AI tools aimed at enhancing content creation, reports The Verge. These tools focus on automating tedious tasks in animation, image generation, and video editing, allowing users to achieve professional results without extensive experience. These innovations are presented as “Sneaks,” which are in-development projects to gauge public interest, though not all will …
Apple has developed a new AI model called Depth Pro that could revolutionize how machines perceive 3D vision. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that Depth Pro can generate detailed 3D depth maps from single 2D images in a fraction of a second, without relying on traditional camera data. The system outperforms previous models in speed …
WonderWorld can be used to create interactive 3D scenes from a single image. It is the result of research at Stanford University and MIT. WonderWorld allows users to define scene content and layouts in real time and explore the resulting 3D worlds with low latency. At its core is a new rendering method called Fast …
Google wants to improve the accuracy of its AI models. To avoid “hallucinations,” the company is working with partners such as Moody’s, Thomson Reuters, and ZoomInfo who will feed the AI systems with up-to-date information. A new “confidence score” is also supposed to indicate how confident the AI is in its answer being correct. With …
Stable Video 3D creates 3D models from a single photo. It can be used for free for non-commercial applications.
TripoSR creates a 3D model from a single image. It is based on Stability AI and Tripo AI.