Simulate real-world places with Project Genie and Street View

Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworks

What changed

Since launching, Genie has become a foundational tool for research, enabling agents to learn and reason in complex virtual settings and even helping Waymo simulate hyper-realistic road environments. Today, we’re launching this new Street View grounding capability within Project Genie, our experimental prototype. Project Genie: now available with Google AI Ultra Starting today, Project Genie — including the new Street View capability — is gradually rolling out to all eligible Google AI Ultra $200 subscribers globally (18+).

Why it matters

A concrete addition to Practical AI: Tools, Models & Frameworks: it changes what's available to builders today rather than being general commentary.

How it compares

Related prior coverage to compare against:

  • Try Deep Think in the Gemini app
  • Introducing Real World VoiceEQ: Measuring the human quality of voice AI
  • Introducing the FFASR Leaderboard: Benchmarking ASR in the Real World

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