Generative AI has exploded in recognition this yr, with the know-how lastly touchdown in additional palms and in a useable approach. From Roblox to Half Moon, to Unity and Scriptic, the variety of video games corporations aiming to leverage this newest instrument continues to develop.
One such firm, which set itself a goal to make use of generative AI in “all methods doable” initially of 2023, is Homa. Aiming to make the creation course of as environment friendly as doable, the Homa Lab platform has been empowered with new AI options, and in step with this dedication, the corporate has now held its first Inside Gen AI Hackathon to see what they might give you.
10 initiatives had been undertaken by 10 Homa groups, every having 48 hours to innovate on new initiatives with the intention of selling collaboration and streamlining future creation.
Belongings and concepts
The ten generative AI instruments developed within the Sport Jam-esque occasion had been voted on by all group members all through the corporate, with rankings streamed in actual time.
The outcomes? A system for creating speaking 3D Avatars got here out on prime. This AI instrument was conceived to generate variable video adverts with avatars by way of textual content prompts. These prompts allow totally different voices, languages and animations, permitting a variety of distinctive adverts to be made in a brief period of time.
3DGenie got here in second, once more utilizing textual content prompts to create ready-to-use 3D recreation belongings, saving a major quantity of growth time.
Thought Generator got here third, a instrument utilizing information from Homa Lab to counsel new concepts for themes and video games based mostly on present tendencies and profitable titles.
“Generative AI has been an enormous precedence for us at Homa this yr, with our prime administration encouraging every of our groups to leverage its potential. However for us, it’s about extra than simply utilizing already present instruments for us. We wish to create them,” Homa said in a weblog publish.
Earlier this yr we spoke with Roblox’s Stefano Corazza on generative AI’s utility, which he believes has seen a “promising begin” however is just simply starting.
