Google has unveiled its latest AI tool for video generation, called Veo, at its Google I/O live event. The Veo is described as offering “improved output consistency, quality and resolution” compared to previous models.
Generating video content with AI is nothing new; Tools like Synthesia, Colossyan, and Lumiere have been around for a while, riding the current wave of popularity of generative AI. Veo is just the latest offering, but it promises to deliver a more advanced video generation experience than ever before.
To introduce I See, Google recruited a group of software engineers and film creatives, led by actor, musician, writer and director Donald Glover (of Community and atlanta fame) to produce a short film together. The film wasn't actually shown at I/O, but Google promises it's “coming soon.”
As someone who is simultaneously doubtful of generative AI in the arts and also a big fan of Glover's work (Wake up, my love! is in my personal top five albums of all time), I'm cautiously excited to see it.
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Glover praises Veo's capabilities based on speed: it's not a removal of human ideas, but rather a tool that creatives can use to “make mistakes faster,” as Glover puts it.
The flexibility of Speed Reading is a key point here. Is able to understand directions in text, image or video format, paying attention to important details such as cinematographic style, camera position (for example, a bird's-eye view shot or a fast shot), elapsed time in the camera and lighting. guys. It also has an improved ability to accurately and consistently represent objects and how they interact with their environment.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis demonstrated this with a clip of a car speeding through a dystopian cyberpunk city.
It can also be used for things like storyboarding and editing, potentially augmenting the work of existing filmmakers. Working with Glover, Google DeepMind research scientist Kory Mathewson explains how Veo allows creatives to “visualize things on a time scale ten or a hundred times faster than before,” speeding up the creative process through the use of generative AI for planning purposes.
Veo will debut as part of a new experimental tool called VideoFX, which will soon be available to beta testers at Google Labs.
