Google's sitting on Street View imagery of basically every street on Earth. Now they're feeding it into Genie 3 to build a simulator of physical reality. This isn't a research demo anymore. This is them finally turning their surveillance infrastructure into a generative engine. The difference between having detailed maps and being able to generate infinite variations of every place on the planet is the difference between possession and power. Welcome to the future where Google doesn't just know what the world looks like. They can generate it.