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Gaming & Virtual Worlds · Recorded milestone

Playable AI world models

Recorded year2026

Google's Project Genie, built on Genie 3, lets users create and walk around interactive worlds generated in real time (January 2026).

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Built on

Infinite game worldsRecorded · 2019enables
Generative image modelsRecorded · 2022enables
AI video generationRecorded · 2024enables

Led to

Games with no game engineForecast · ~2029enables
Personal universesForecast · ~2030enables
Playable filmsForecast · ~2031enables
Living twins of world heritageForecast · ~2041enables
Whole worlds shared as one fileForecast · ~2046enables
Persistent virtual worldsForecast · ~2065enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.