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Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/02/w...te-interactive-3d-scenes-from-a-single-photo/
“Most generative AI tools make 2D content like images or videos,” World Labs wrote. “Generating in 3D instead improves control and consistency. This will change how we make movies, games, simulators, and other digital manifestations of our physical world.”
Now, there’s certainly room for improvement. World Labs’ scenes aren’t fully explorable — your movements are limited to a small area. (Try moving outside it, and you’ll hit a boundary.) And there’s the occasional rendering error — for example, objects that blend together in unnatural ways.
But World Labs says that it’s only an “early preview.”
Lots of AI systems can turn a photo into 3D models and environments. But World Labs’ scenes are unique in that they’re interactive — and modifiable.
“[Our tech] lets you step into any image and explore it in 3D,” World Labs wrote in a blog post. “Beyond the input image, all is generated.”
“We already have the ability to create virtual, interactive worlds, but it costs hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars and a ton of development time,” World Labs co-founder Justin Johnson said on a recent episode of the a16z podcast. “[World models] will let you not just get an image or a clip out, but a fully simulated, vibrant, and interactive 3D world.”
“Most generative AI tools make 2D content like images or videos,” World Labs wrote. “Generating in 3D instead improves control and consistency. This will change how we make movies, games, simulators, and other digital manifestations of our physical world.”
Now, there’s certainly room for improvement. World Labs’ scenes aren’t fully explorable — your movements are limited to a small area. (Try moving outside it, and you’ll hit a boundary.) And there’s the occasional rendering error — for example, objects that blend together in unnatural ways.
But World Labs says that it’s only an “early preview.”
Lots of AI systems can turn a photo into 3D models and environments. But World Labs’ scenes are unique in that they’re interactive — and modifiable.
“[Our tech] lets you step into any image and explore it in 3D,” World Labs wrote in a blog post. “Beyond the input image, all is generated.”
“We already have the ability to create virtual, interactive worlds, but it costs hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars and a ton of development time,” World Labs co-founder Justin Johnson said on a recent episode of the a16z podcast. “[World models] will let you not just get an image or a clip out, but a fully simulated, vibrant, and interactive 3D world.”