Project Genie Turns Street View into Virtual Environments
GoogleLabs · x · 2026-07-11
Google Labs introduced a research prototype of Project Genie: it uses Google Maps Street View as a grounding foundation, treating location info as the starting point for generation and exploration.
Users only need a text prompt or a real-world starting location to generate and explore an interactive 360-degree virtual environment. Officials stated this capability is the research prototype announced at I/O, encouraging readers to learn more about how it works.
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