{"683291":{"#nid":"683291","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Machine Learning Seminar Series Fall 2025 | Wizard of Oz: An Experiential Time Machine powered by Google AI now Playing at the Las Vegas Sphere","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003EIn the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy travels from Kansas to Oz. Using the wizardry of Google AI, Dorothy and her friends now are visiting the Sphere in Las Vegas for an immersive and experiential retelling of their story!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn partnership with Sphere Inc., Warner Bros. Magnopus, teams from GDM and Google Cloud have reimagined \u0022The Wizard of Oz\u0022 as an immersive experience for the Sphere, an enormous (yes) sphere-shaped venue that seats more than 17,000 people. A traditional movie experience it is not.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this talk, I will present details of this project, first announced at Google Cloud Next \u002725, The goal was to use AI to augment the work of VFX artists, elevating the visual content of the 1939 classic for Sphere\u0027s one-of-a-kind display all while honoring the original story. To tackle the unique challenges of enhancing and scaling this classic film for the world\u0027s largest screen, our teams developed new AI capabilities, including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul type=\u0022disc\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVeo driven fine-tuning for character performance to ensure that beloved characters\u0027 movements remained authentic.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAI-powered super-resolution to upscale classic footage to an unprecedented scale.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOutpainting to extend characters and foreground elements beyond the boundary of the original film, which is limited in scale and aspect ratio.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoogle teams developed novel AI techniques, to bring a classic film from a cinematic to an experiential medium and provided technologies to artists to create a truly special 75 minute movie + experience through care and commitment to craft, storytelling, and authenticity. This project involved working with over a thousand artists, researchers and engineers to create a new form of entertainment and a landmark effort in the history of entertainment that will be running in Las Vegas for a long time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore details\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul type=\u0022disc\u0022\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/transform\/gen-ai-film-production-storytelling-possibilities-efficiencies-wizard-of-oz-sphere\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/transform\/gen-ai-film-production-storytelling-possibilities-efficiencies-wizard-of-oz-sphere\u0022\u003EGoogle Cloud Blog\u003C\/a\u003E | \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/google-cloud\/sphere-wizard-of-oz\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/google-cloud\/sphere-wizard-of-oz\/\u0022\u003EGoogle Keyword Blog\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBehind the scenes (curtain): The\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FGeWHBX4So\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3FGeWHBX4So\u0022\u003E preview\u003C\/a\u003E from Cloud Next \u002725.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECan I see it? 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