"This is just one of the scenarios that Waymo can simulate in the "hyper realistic" virtual world that it has just created with help from Google's DeepMind. Waymo's World Model is built using Genie 3, Google's new AI world model that can generate virtual interactive spaces with text or images as prompts. But Genie 3 isn't just for creating bad knockoffs of Nintendo games; it can also build photorealistic and interactive 3D environments "adapted for the rigors of the driving domain," Waymo says."
"Simulation is a critical component in autonomous vehicle development, enabling developers to test their vehicles in a variety of settings and scenarios, many of which may only come up in the rarest of occasions - without any physical risk of harming passengers or pedestrians. AV companies use these virtual environments to run through a battery of tests, racking up millions - or even billions - of miles in the process,"
Waymo built a World Model using Google's Genie 3 to generate photorealistic, interactive 3D environments adapted for autonomous driving. The virtual worlds let Waymo simulate rare and extreme edge cases, such as sudden tornadoes appearing near vehicles, to observe responses without endangering people. Simulation enables developers to run massive numbers of test miles across diverse conditions, accelerating training and validation of driving systems. Genie 3 can create virtual interactive spaces from text or images and can be tailored for the specific demands of autonomous vehicle testing and safety evaluation.
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