04.02.2026·00:05:34

Genie 3 Is Creating Playable GTA-Like Worlds From Images

In this video, we talk about Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 and how it can turn a single image into an interactive, playable world. We briefly explain how the technology works and discuss how it could influence the future of game development and digital experiences. https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/ — TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro — Unlock the full potential of your online presence with Kabarza and Samuel—experts in web design and development (respectively), powered by cutting-edge AI solutions. We blend creative design with advanced tech to deliver smart, high-impact websites that stand out. Ready to elevate your business? Contact us today and see what AI-driven innovation can do for you! LINKS & RESOURCES: Check out Kabarza's amazing work: https://kabarza.com Visit Samuel's website for more: https://samuelgregory.co.uk 📷 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cmdaishow — HASHTAGS: #ai #podcast #aidesign #aidevelopment #vibecoding #webdesign #webdevelopment #ainews #webnews #designnews #devnews

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All right. So, we have GTA 6 before GTA 6 being out and that is thanks to Genie from Google. Now, that is Yeah, Genie 3. It's out. If you are in the US and you have the ultra plan that is I believe like 200 plus uh USD per per month, you can create these openw world not video. This is well technically this is an interactive video. This works like a game. You can use your keyboard to navigate. So you start with an image and then you take that image and create worlds with it. It's really really cool and like the future of games is going to be so fun and people make things with it. Yes. So this is about Greenland version of GTA 6. Oh gosh. Which is that looks the I mean I'm watching over a screen share but that the graphics look pretty good. It it looks pretty good and there are like some types of physics and yeah it's really good and you can imagine like a future where like from games to like even like everything could be generated be a generated frame. I don't know but it looks like it it could uh it is definitely the end of the gaming studios. I wouldn't say the end because I don't know they they will use them but it's the same idea that a oneperson company could exist uh that could like create like amazing product. So imagine like stories here that like it's about your imagination and kind of like direction that you give it uh the story that you can create. It's no no more the matter of like the technology even though it's still not completely there but it is I mean man this looks really really good. Uh I I saw this comment and this comment is quite mean and funny. Imagine naming your company after the metaverse and not coming up with this. This is I mean and and the or this is the the video directly from Google Deep Mind and it's this is just so good. So you can create an image with Nana Banana Pro or whatever and then you create a character and this is like it's all based on the same framework then a character that moves around a world. Yeah. Yes. Got it. Yes. What do you think is the I mean obviously it's research but what do you think people are going to do with this other than just play that's cool that's really cool oh man like that's cool as well this this can that's random space man this can be like from schools like power from school to that's crazy that's cool like other types of like adult industries it could like take on the whole the whole society In a way, like imagine in schools like you could teach science with this and the adult industry is potentially right now is on it to create this type of whatever games. Oh, cool. So, this uploaded a photo of the cat in the living room. It's just built the living room and it's you're able to control it. Yeah. No way. I can't I I I struggle to believe how like the graphics are just so good. It's so good and it's it it requires this like 200 plus uh dollar subscription and I bet you can only because remember I remember before you can only run it for like 30 seconds or like 5 minutes or something like that. Yeah, but this is just the start like Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think this is going to take over so much and I'm man there was a I almost didn't want to mention but I'm going to mention. So uh there was this Joe Rogan uh podcast with Elon Musk. I didn't watch the entire thing that specific one. I believe that's the last podcast they had. I watched a short video of it where Elon says there won't be any UI. it will be all generated like video generated and this makes it very likely. I don't know how costly but I mean if we are moving towards that future where it gets really cheap and really fast it might actually get there where you like the majority of the things you're going to see on a screen to be AI generated uh a generated frame instead of an app that works. It's it could be just an interactive video in a way. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. I'm not saying it's cheaper, but it I I don't know. It It could be it. It's cool. It's cool. I I wish I had that. I wish I was in the US and I wish I had that plan cuz it's it looks like a lot of fun. Probably the novelty will wear off soon, but like you know some just some very creative ideas that they've got put in that thing. So, this is part of a larger conversation on my show, Command AI, which we stream live every single week. We discuss the news and all things related to AI in the world of design and web. Catch us next week and join in the banter.