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Project Genie is an AI-powered world generation platform that transforms text descriptions into photorealistic interacti

Founded year: 2025
Country: United States of America
Funding rounds: Not set
Total funding amount: Not set

Description

Project Genie uses Google DeepMind's Genie 3 world model to revolutionize interactive 3D environment creation. The platform enables users to generate photorealistic, explorable worlds by simply describing their vision in text or uploading reference images. Unlike traditional 3D modeling tools requiring months of training, Project Genie handles all technical complexity—from physics simulation to environment rendering—delivering real-time experiences at 20-24 frames per second with 720p quality.

Users can define characters, design environments through text prompts, preview with AI-generated images, and instantly generate fully navigable worlds. The unique "remixing" feature allows creators to build on existing worlds from the gallery, modifying prompts to create endless variations. Finished worlds can be downloaded as exploration videos for presentations, projects, and commercial applications. Perfect for game developers creating rapid prototypes, educators building immersive learning environments, filmmakers generating previsualization scenes, architects visualizing walkable building interiors, and AI researchers generating training simulations.

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