My contribution to a Time Under Tension newsletter with 10 generative AI predictions for 2024.

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What do you get if you combine powerful VR/AR tech (like the recently released Oculus Quest 3, and soon to be released Apple Vision Pro) with generative AI text-to-3D capabilities? A powerful combination, unlike any seen before!

The exciting promise of Metaverse (think Ready Player One!) turned out to be far from the reality we ended up with (like the failed Meta Horizons Worlds). The reasons for this range from hardware not being quite up to scratch to the high cost of creating 3D environments – meaning actual (achievable) use cases are few and far between.

But, generative AI could force a total reinvention of how we think of, work and play in the Metaverse and might just be the catalyst needed to make it take off in 2024.

Tools like Blockade Labs showcase how quick and easy text-to-3D (or sketch-to-3D) can be to create 3D environments in seconds, with little or even no 3D experience. For 3D artists, Unity announcing a suite of generative AI tools means that we can expect to see an explosion of generative AI enabled VR/AR worlds emerging next year.

Imagine instructing Apple Vision Pro to “take us back to Bali holiday 2019” to be immersed back in a lifelike memory from past, or “take me to the meeting room” to be immersed in a meeting room with your colleagues, all with a few simple voice commands, with generative AI constructing the immersive 3D worlds on the fly. Exciting stuff, made easy with generative AI”