A 3D cathedral gives Google's Gemini showcase an architectural test
Tiago Aragona connects Antigravity to Blender, while viewers question the arches, access and cost.
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Gemini 4 Argon and Google Antigravity: From 2D concept to 3D cathedral
Turning a flat concept image into a cathedral is an eye-catching assignment. Getting the arches right is another matter, as viewers of Google for Developers' most-watched new upload are quick to point out.
In "Gemini 4 Argon and Google Antigravity: From 2D concept to 3D cathedral," Tiago Aragona demonstrates a connection between Antigravity and Blender through the Model Context Protocol. Google's description says the agent works through repeated iterations to reconstruct the architecture, add column details and arrange volumetric lighting. This is Google's own product demonstration, with the finished scene serving as a showcase for its AI tools.
The video has reached roughly 143,000 views and carries the most daily momentum on the channel. In the comments, viewers compare the arches with the reference image, ask how much the project cost and request access to the model. One wants a fuller tour of the cathedral to better judge the result. The interesting question isn't just whether an image becomes a space, but how faithfully.
Seven uploads made this a busy release week. Logan Kilpatrick hosts a Gemini 4 Argon conversation with Josh Woodward, Melvin Johnson, Sergey Brin and Tulsee Doshi, covering testing, writing quality and validating outputs. Jason Poon's separate Antigravity demonstration includes a pagoda, a racing game and a phone-based 3D world. Those two uploads follow the cathedral in current daily viewing.
Daily channel views are more than twice their usual pace, though subscribers were unchanged over the week. Among nearby technology channels, Google Chrome and Android have also been drawing above-usual daily audiences, while Microsoft is quieter than usual.
The smaller experiments offer a different kind of spectacle: Matias Piña Aguilera uses raw accelerometer data to turn tilts and gestures into browser-based music. After all that virtual architecture, the instrument is something you can move.
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What viewers say
How much did it cost, though?
@OlaFosheimGrstadSee it on YouTubeAs far as the last video is concerned, I can do pretty much the same in AE without AI. I'd need to see a full tour of the cathedral to figure out what Argon really did.
@ArgoBeatsSee it on YouTubeCool but can you give us access to the model?
@noname-xt4vtSee it on YouTube
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Maaaan. Imagine at some point in time we’ll have enough power to do it all live in real time. Like a computationally expensive ray tracing for max of realism. You wear a VR set or whatever and any image comes alive instantly. One could imagine any world and explore it. We’re becoming the indeed creators of our own worlds ❤
@pavel.strashkinSee it on YouTube
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