GOOGLE CLOUD & THE SPHERE: UPDATING A CINEMA CLASSIC WITH AI
Google DeepMind and Google Cloud have partnered with Sphere Entertainment to transform the 1939 film“ The Wizard of Oz” into an immersive experience for Las Vegas’ Sphere venue, debuting 28 August. The project utilises Google’ s Imagen and Veo models alongside Gemini to transform original film material for Sphere’ s 160,000-squarefoot display. The team developed AI-based super resolution tools to upscale 1939 celluloid frames, implemented outpainting techniques to expand scene boundaries, and generated performance composites to maintain character authenticity across the expanded canvas. Warner Bros. provided production archives for AI model training.
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