Google's AI Rewires "The Wizard of Oz" for Las Vegas Sphere

Google has utilized artificial intelligence to reimagine one of the most cherished films ever for a 360-degree Sin City display featuring the world’s highest resolution. The updated version of The Wizard of Oz will make its first appearance this August at The Sphere, the entertainment venue in Las Vegas featuring an exceptionally round LED display Whether viewed as an impressive technological feat, a nightmarish vision of the future, or somewhere in between, this initiative will likely uphold The Sphere’s tradition of grandiose displays designed to entice visitors to shell out substantial sums for the chance to spend several hours in one of its 17,600 seats.

Sphere Entertainment, the firm behind the venue, collaborated on the project with Google, Magnopus, and Warner Bros. Discovery, the owner of the property. The Wizard of Oz rights. Google describes It’s described as an “immense endeavor combining creativity and technology,” modestly comparing it to the groundbreaking visual achievements of the iconic Technicolor version. "We’re revisiting a cherished film, but essentially recreating it from scratch," stated Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. told The Wall Street Journal The sole alternative would be to travel back in time and capture it using the same cameras as the Sphere employs.

Google utilized generative artificial intelligence models from its own development. Gemini family particularly noteworthy on the project Veo 2 and Imagen 3 The firm faced the challenge of enlarging the initial 35mm film footage for a colossal 160,000-square-foot display made up of 16,000 LED panels. Additionally, they needed to manage scenes where camera angles eliminated certain characters from view. As an illustration, during a sequence set in Kansas with Dorothy, Auntie Em, and Miss Gulch, Uncle Henry—who was present within the space but out of the shot—would appear on the significantly broader screen.

This was mainly achieved using an AI super-resolution technique (creating additional pixels to match the high-definition display), AI outpainting (producing extra portions of a scene extending past the initial frame boundaries), and performance synthesis (integrating actor composites within these enlarged settings).

Google expanded the scope of data used to train these AI models beyond just the initial recordings. They incorporated additional resources such as the filming scripts, design sketches, photos, layout diagrams, and musical compositions—covering aspects related to both characters and their environment along with technical components like lens settings. Furthermore, they sought guidance from seasoned film directors regarding movements, facial expressions, and overall acting techniques.

"Now, Dorothy’s freckles become sharply defined, and Toto can move more fluidly across various scenes," according to Google.

The firms associated with this initiative (possibly paradoxically) assert that even though AI has impacted "more than 90 percent of the film," it still "honors the source material entirely." Google mentions that no additional spoken lines were inserted, nor was any new musical content composed for it.

If the preview displayed underneath (through tabGeeks If anything, Dorothy exhibits all the excessively refined characteristics typical of AI-enhanced portraits. However, we will reserve our ultimate verdict for the visitors basking in the glow of Las Vegas who choose to invest their earned money into embarking on the journey inspired by Gemini starting August 28.

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