Decart's AI simulates a real-time, playable version of Minecraft
Startup Decart's new AI, called Oasis, simulates a real-time, playable version of Minecraft. It's available for download, and powering a demo on Decart's site.
Decart, an Israeli AI company that emerged from stealth today with $21 million in funding from Sequoia and Oren Zeev, has released what it’s claiming is the first playable “open-world” AI model.
Called Oasis, the model, which is available for download, powers a demo on Decart’s site: a Minecraft-like game that’s generated on the fly, end to end. Trained on videos of Minecraft gameplay, Oasis takes in keyboard and mouse movements and generates frames in real time, simulating physics, rules, and graphics.
Oasis is part of an emerging category of generative AI models called “world models.” Many of these models can simulate games — but few at frame rates as high as Oasis.
I tried the demo out of curiosity, and I’d say it has a ways to go before it’s a genuinely fun experience. The resolution is quite low, and Oasis tends to quickly “forget” the level layout — I’d turn my character around only to see a rearranged landscape.