Mirage: AI-native UGC game engine powered by real-time world model
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·July 6, 2025gausswho
Buzzword soup.
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zhenwang9102
The direction this tech is heading seems pretty exciting: just uploading an image and instantly having a playable generative world to explore, sounds like the OASIS game from Ready Player One? :) even if it’s still rough around the edges, but imagine how much better it'll get over the next few weeks/months?
lowsong
...but why? What's the point in playing a game that isn't an artistic expression, to communicate with another human? If there's no vision behind it, no expression to enjoy, then does it mean anything at all?
bossyTeacher
I am skeptical of the idea that any automatically generated world is necessarily playable in any fun sense of the word.
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bakugo
Ah yes, the "GTA-style" demo that actually just looks exactly like GTA IV because it's just an unholy amalgamation of a bunch of GTA IV gameplay videos. Truly the next generation of gaming.
soulofmischief
God forbid we have a little incremental progress, huh?
I think a good rule of thumb when deciding to criticize someone's project is to pretend it was created by your own children or your best friend. Would you be as harsh and close-minded if it were created by someone you love?
lianhuiqin
Amazing! Imaging a future where everyone can create, play, and share their own games...
joechenphd
Super cool feature that one can upload their own images and interact like a game! Fun examples from X: - https://x.com/chongdashu/status/1940655090127516017 - https://x.com/farfetched_ai/status/1940597724107493462 - https://x.com/the_carlosdp/status/1940657574535483742
cebert
Seems like super spammy gorilla marketing to me. Odd that the two positive commenters here have nearly zero karma or activity.
gavinray
I mean, what if it is?
The thought of being to upload a single static image of some scene with a humanoid-like entity in it and then being able to infinitely walk around a procedurally generated world with the same theme is insanely cool.
Still glad I stumbled upon seeing this, regardless of whether it's a marketing tactic. The future is amazing.
There's no persistent world model; there's nothing sustained, consistent or high fidelity about this. Calling an element a world model doesn't make it so.
It's a blurry copy of existing games. That doesn't mean the tech isn't cool or fun, but it does mean that the claims are wildly overblown currently.