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Near Pixar Level Production, Using Google Veo, Lyria, Nano Banana, Orchestrated Through Comfy UI

Jesse Nowlin - GDE — Thu, 07 May 2026 06:31:21 +0000

What can AI actually do for the media industry beyond being a simple chatbot? In this episode of our industry exploration series, we go behind the scenes with Brendan, a Solution Architect at Google Cloud, to see how professional artists are using Google’s generative media tools to accelerate filmmaking.

We move past the "toy" phase of AI and dive into a professional production stack—using Comfy UI, Google DeepMind’s Veo, and Lyria—to create a high-quality cinematic short. Whether you are a producer, director, or traditional artist, this video shows you how to maintain creative control while using AI to handle the heavy lifting of character consistency, physics, and sound design. 🎥✨

Thanks for including me Darren! Great to meet you, and I am impressed with your selfie game. Keep it up!

Jesse Nowlin - GDE — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:14:09 +0000

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Can We Vibe Code an AI Racing Coach in 2 Weeks Using Google’s Antigravity?

Jesse Nowlin - GDE — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:41:41 +0000

This was the challenge we were issued, and accepted. 2 weeks later we headed to the track to test it out. Did we make it? Did it work?

This is the coolest GDE experience I have done yet. We went to a real track with real cars and drivers, and gave it a shot. Huge shoutout to the team of engineers and the GDE team for putting this together ❤️ Enjoy and stay tuned for part 2! https://youtu.be/h1xU53Yb0Js?si=QcsslVf8_zMDc4-L