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Gizmodo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
This Dreamlike Video Generator Makes Interactive AI Feel Like a Lo-Fi Acid Trip
We talk a lot about AI hallucinations nowadays—and for good reason. 'Hallucinations' is basically AI-speak for 'making sh*t up,' and most of the time—like in the case of web search, which relies on surfacing real, useful information—that's a Very Bad Thing. I don't think I'm alone when I say AI shouldn't be recommending that we put glue on our pizza, even if we know enough not to actually do that. But hallucinating doesn't always have to be bad. Sometimes, just like in real life, it can be a heck of a lot of fun, and Odyssey, a new company trying to pioneer interactive AI video, is making a pretty solid case for the fun side of things. Don't take my word for it—see for yourself. Introducing AI video you can watch and interact with, in real-time! Powering this is a new world model that imagines and streams video frames every 40ms(!). No game engine in sight. We call it interactive video, and it's free for anyone to try right now (GPUs permitting)! — Odyssey (@odysseyml) May 28, 2025 Odyssey is exactly as the company describes—a web-based world where you can stream AI-generated video. Unlike other video generators like Google's Veo 3, which requires using a text prompt to create a video that you can only watch, Odyssey generates a whole world that you can actually explore using your keyboard. If you're reading this and thinking, 'Isn't that Minecraft or any number of world-generating games out there?' apparently there actually is a difference, according to Odyssey. There is no game engine—all of the worlds are being generated in real time as you explore them. Per Odyssey, it 'streams video frames every 40ms' for a continuously generated experience. As a follower of video generation and AI, I naturally jumped straight into trying out Odyssey for myself, and the 'game,' if you can call it that, is weird in the best way possible. For now, everything in Odyssey is very lo-fi, which for most interactive apps (AI-generated or otherwise) would be a bad thing, but in this case, it kind of works. It leans into the necessity for a low frame rate to deliver hazy, almost dreamlike worlds. It's like if you took 3D imagery from Google Maps, funneled it into a VCR, and then played it back after freebasing some experimental new research chemical made from thermal paste. (Disclaimer: Please don't try that at home, folks.) The whole thing, as you might imagine, is pretty buggy, too. Environments render and sometimes disappear, making the whole thing even more hallucinatory than it already is. Using your keyboard WASD-style to explore the worlds is decidedly a slow, plodding experience, but I can't say I'm particularly mad about that. Everything in Odyssey feels experimental to an extent, and the fuzzy nature of scanning through worlds with an almost radio-like tuner comes off as more of an aesthetic choice, even if it's actually a technical necessity. That doesn't mean the creators of Odyssey—backed by Pixar cofounder Edwin Catmull, as noted by The Verge—aren't looking to up the visual ante. A next-gen version of Odyssey is already in the pipeline, though it's hard to say when that will materialize and how much of a visual improvement it will be For now, the experience is exactly what it needs to be—it's interesting and glitchy. I'm sure things are bound to get more complex and maybe more convoluted as they progress, but these are the early stages we can actually appreciate without having to overthink it. I know AI-generated video is in a strange state right now, but if you've got the time, I recommend taking a weird, disjointed stroll through Odyssey. It might just be the only AI video experience that doesn't fill you with dread right now.
Associated Press
12-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Tech Soft 3D Introduces VizStreamer: A Seamless Path to Web-Based CAE Visualization
Bend, OR May 12, 2025 --( )-- Tech Soft 3D, the world leader in providing engineering software development toolkits (SDKs), will showcase their new VizStreamer tool as a novel part of their simulation visualization solution during a presentation at the NAFEMS World Conference 2025 in Salzburg, Austria. This new tool allows legacy CAE desktop applications to leverage the advantages of web-based solutions through progressively streaming visualization data to web clients for in-browser rendering. This is done without the need for comprehensive rewrites of an application's core functionality, greatly reducing development resources and time. 'VizStreamer is a game-changer for organizations seeking to modernize without losing decades of proven functionality.' –Eric Vinchon, Vice President, Product, Tech Soft 3D Innovation in Supporting Legacy Cloud Applications Cloud Transition In the past, organizations have been forced to make do with inferior, stopgap solutions for moving desktop CAE applications to web. Remote desktop technologies, while useful, create security vulnerabilities and significant operational costs, all with a slow, poorly optimized user experience. The alternative, fully rewriting an application to be browser-based, is hugely expensive and takes a long time. Tech Soft 3D's new VizStreamer offers companies a way to truly balance the desire to preserve the market-tested, proven capabilities of a desktop application while offering the convenience of web-based tools. By leveraging WebGL for rendering, VizStreamer can offer a native web experience without the cost of server-side GPUs, reducing operational expenses while improving scalability. Architecture and Implementation Tech Soft 3D's VizStreamer service efficiently streams CAE applications visualization data to a WebGL engine in real time, running in any modern browser. The tool is designed to interface directly with the existing legacy application's logic. During the NAFEMS presentation, Tech Soft 3D will dive deeper into the service's technical implementation, exploring its interface and application logic, other sources of CAE data, and provide an example of the data flow and reuse of an existing CAE application. These insights will serve as a roadmap for CAE developers looking to modernize their desktop applications. For more information about VizStreamer, catch their presentation at the NAFEMS World Congress. About Tech Soft 3D Tech Soft 3D is the leading provider of engineering software development toolkits and industrial applications for CAD & CAE data conversion, visualization, and simulation. Established in 1996 and headquartered in Bend, Oregon, Tech Soft 3D has additional offices in the USA, France, England, Japan, Germany and Norway. Tech Soft 3D is backed by investment firm Battery Ventures. For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit Contact Information: Tech Soft 3D Charrise Dalton 510-386-1438 Contact via Email Read the full story here: Tech Soft 3D Introduces VizStreamer: A Seamless Path to Web-Based CAE Visualization Press Release Distributed by
