Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View
Google has integrated its Project Genie with Street View to create immersive simulations of real streets. This feature allows users to adjust environmental factors like weather and time of year for a more interactive experience. The goal is to enhance applications in robotics, education, and gaming using the extensive Street View data collected over the years.
- ▪Google DeepMind has connected Street View to Project Genie, allowing for interactive street simulations.
- ▪The integration aims to help both robotics and human users by simulating various environmental conditions.
- ▪Street View has collected over 280 billion images from 110 countries, providing a rich source of real-world data.
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We’ve all pulled up Street View on Google Maps to show a friend what our childhood home looked like, or dropped that little person icon onto the streets of Paris to see if we booked a hotel in a cool neighborhood. Imagine being able to do that, but in a more immersive, interactive way that allows you to really simulate the street and its environs, and even do things like adjust the weather or see what it would look like in a “Day After Tomorrow” scenario. That’s one of the goals of Google’s latest integration. Starting today, Google DeepMind is connecting Street View to Project Genie, the company’s general-purpose world model that can generate diverse, interactive environments. The new feature launched during the Google I/O developer conference.
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