What does it take to AI-generate VR games?

Executive summary

Welcome to your weekly briefing on the metaverse and spatial computing. Here are your snippets to sound smarter in meetings this week:

• Headline: Google Genie allows people to make video games from prompts, sketches and pictures (how does this even relate to VR? read the analysis below).

• Support: Applications are open for DVRSTY, a support program for founders. (Disclaimer: I worked with FOV Ventures in the past).

• Intriguing: Nokia plans to invest heavily in network equipment.

• Candidates board: Candidates are available to hire across a range of disciplines.

• Other stories: Meta may unveil its first "true" AR glasses at Connect, and Oppo unveiled the AI-powered Air Glass 3 (more below).

Analysis

Google Genie allows people to make video games from prompts, sketches and pictures.

• What does this have to do with VR? It’s a scenario where players could create their own experiences from their prompts, which folds into immersive spaces. CVreator tools are getting better and better where AI prompts can build worlds — imagine that, but for immersive games.

• Cool, but will that happen anytime soon? Not really. Google Genie was trained on over 200,000 hours of publicly available 2D platformers, whereas I do not think there are as many VR games for training. It is also much more complicated, using 3D spaces over 2D planes.

• So why even mention it? Because we will see a scenario in the next few years where people can prompt games to existance. What I wanted to point out today is the sheer scale of the challenge for immersive tech in particular. It requires a shedload of immersive content, trained on a computationally intensive system, based on what is likely a comparative dearth of content. Hats off to the company who can pull it off, because if they can, the golden goose is up for the taking.

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Other notable stories

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• Accedo and Qualcomm announced the development of an end-to-end XR offering for Pay TV operators.

• Gesture VR, a VR life drawing class, will launch on 21 March 2024.

• HTC VIVE launched the Business Edition package for VIVE XR Elite.

• Meta may unveil its first "true" AR glasses at Connect.  

  • Also, Meta is partnering with LG.

• MOONHUB, a VR interactive training platform, announced an investment of $1.4m.

• Nokia plans to invest heavily in network equipment.

• Oppo unveiled the AI-powered Air Glass 3.

• VisionDevCamp, a not-for-profit developer event focused on creating applications for Apple Vision Pro and visionOS, will happen later in March.

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Note: The Immersive Wire is run by Tom Ffiske, who also works within Accenture’s metaverse group. The contents of the newsletter should not be regarded as Accenture’s views.