From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

Under the hood, Project Genie evolves from Genie 3, a world model first demonstrated by Google DeepMind last year. Unlike fully 3D game engines, world models ...

Google's Genie generates infinite interactive worlds from text. The secret? AI models compress reality's rules into transferable principles, enabling boundless creation.

Powered by Google's Genie 3 model, the world-building AI tool is designed to help train AI agents in 3D scenarios, but it ...

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