Re:Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive w...
by unicorn_cowboy on Friday January 30, 2026 @10:56AM
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Can someone explain the actual use cases for this that folks are excited about?
Nobody wants to be responsible for writing the film they're watching, as they watch it. Nobody wants to engage with a virtual world that has no story, narrative, meaning, purpose.
What is the actual use case for this, once we move beyond the tech demo stage?
The idea it will wholesale replace existing 3D graphics/rendering pipelines and processes any time soon seems so far-fetched to me (even just logistically) that I can't wrap my head around what people are thinking here.
This strikes me as a fancy parlor trick. Unless I'm mistaken, we need proper world models to do the things people are erroneously assuming this to be capable of one day.
Re:Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive w...
by caspar on Friday January 30, 2026 @11:19AM
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Presumably others will write the prompts (or equivalent directing mechanism) that will steer the generation, such that you can act out whatever fantasies interest you.
Nobody wants to be responsible for writing the film they're watching, as they watch it. Nobody wants to engage with a virtual world that has no story, narrative, meaning, purpose.
What is the actual use case for this, once we move beyond the tech demo stage?
The idea it will wholesale replace existing 3D graphics/rendering pipelines and processes any time soon seems so far-fetched to me (even just logistically) that I can't wrap my head around what people are thinking here.
This strikes me as a fancy parlor trick. Unless I'm mistaken, we need proper world models to do the things people are erroneously assuming this to be capable of one day.