TL;DRGoogle DeepMind has connected its Project Genie world model to Google Street View’s 280 billion images, letting users explore AI-generated simulations of real locations. Announced at Google I/O, the feature is rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US, with Waymo already using Genie 3 to train self-driving cars on rare scenarios.
Google DeepMind has connected its Project Genie world model to 20 years of Street View imagery, allowing users to wander through AI-generated simulations of real places. The integration, announced at the Google I/O developer conference on Monday, marks one of the most tangible demonstrations yet of what generative world models can do when paired with a colossal real-world dataset.
Project Genie, the company’s general-purpose system for creating interactive environments, can now draw on more than 280 billion images captured across 110 countries and all seven continents. The result is a tool that lets you drop into a simulated version of, say, a New York City block covered in snow, or a London street bathed in rare sunshine, and navigate it in real time.
From research preview to consumer product
Genie 3, the latest iteration of the model, first appeared as a research preview in August 2025, part of a broader push by Google to embed AI across its platform stack. In January 2026, DeepMind opened access to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the United States. The Street View integration is now rolling out to some Ultra users in the US, with a global expansion planned over the coming weeks.
