Google通过一部短片展示了如何利用AI工具将纸板、马克笔等简单物理材料“赋予生命”。该短片讲述了为Google I/O 2026舞台做准备的一群TPU的故事,创作中融合了木偶戏与3D动画。核心工具包括:Nano Banana(从原始木偶镜头和基础3D动画生成风格化首帧)、Google AI Studio(构建定制工具以大规模测试帧并确保一致性)、以及Gemini Omni和Google DeepMind的实验性模型(合并基础动画与风格化帧,提升至电影级画面)。整个AI流水线的设计旨在保护那些体现手工艺温度的细微细节,例如木偶戏的细微不完美感。
We wanted to see if we could take simple, physical materials (like cardboard and markers) and use AI to bring them to life. What was the result? A short film starring a bunch of TPUs getting ready for the big stage at Google I/O 2026!
Working with director Laurie Rowan and Nexus Studios, we kept human artistry at the center of the film by blending puppetry and 3D animation with our models to do the following ↓
Nano Banana: Generated beautifully stylized first frames from the raw puppet footage and basic 3D animations.
@GoogleAIStudio: Built a custom tool inside the platform to test these frames at scale, ensuring pixel-perfect consistency