@tkipf
This is one of the most impressive world model projects I have seen. Very elegant and highly effective combination of an image retrieval mechanism (using 3D locations/views) and otherwise just pure generative modeling. This is the way.
Viewing enriched Twitter post
This is one of the most impressive world model projects I have seen. Very elegant and highly effective combination of an image retrieval mechanism (using 3D locations/views) and otherwise just pure generative modeling. This is the way.
{
"score": 0.36,
"score_components": {
"author": 0.09,
"engagement": 0.0,
"quality": 0.06000000000000001,
"source": 0.135,
"nlp": 0.05,
"recency": 0.025
},
"scored_at": "2026-03-17T15:36:52.091260",
"import_source": "api_import",
"source_tagged_at": "2026-03-17T15:36:52.091271",
"enriched": true,
"enriched_at": "2026-03-17T15:36:52.091272"
} {
"type": "tweet",
"id": "2033914302940516768",
"url": "https://x.com/tkipf/status/2033914302940516768",
"twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/tkipf/status/2033914302940516768",
"text": "This is one of the most impressive world model projects I have seen. Very elegant and highly effective combination of an image retrieval mechanism (using 3D locations/views) and otherwise just pure generative modeling. This is the way.",
"source": "Twitter for iPhone",
"retweetCount": 3,
"replyCount": 0,
"likeCount": 33,
"quoteCount": 0,
"viewCount": 3565,
"createdAt": "Tue Mar 17 14:32:12 +0000 2026",
"lang": "en",
"bookmarkCount": 12,
"isReply": false,
"inReplyToId": null,
"conversationId": "2033914302940516768",
"displayTextRange": [
0,
235
],
"inReplyToUserId": null,
"inReplyToUsername": null,
"author": {
"type": "user",
"userName": "tkipf",
"url": "https://x.com/tkipf",
"twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/tkipf",
"id": "50343115",
"name": "Thomas Kipf",
"isVerified": false,
"isBlueVerified": true,
"verifiedType": null,
"profilePicture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1925727886264184832/DPIJ1grK_normal.jpg",
"coverPicture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/50343115/1747964282",
"description": "",
"location": "San Francisco, CA",
"followers": 28986,
"following": 1396,
"status": "",
"canDm": true,
"canMediaTag": false,
"createdAt": "Wed Jun 24 15:54:44 +0000 2009",
"entities": {
"description": {
"urls": []
},
"url": {}
},
"fastFollowersCount": 0,
"favouritesCount": 12431,
"hasCustomTimelines": true,
"isTranslator": false,
"mediaCount": 277,
"statusesCount": 2178,
"withheldInCountries": [],
"affiliatesHighlightedLabel": {},
"possiblySensitive": false,
"pinnedTweetIds": [
"1257202816315273216"
],
"profile_bio": {
"description": "Sr. Staff RS at @GoogleDeepMind. Veo Team. Priors: GNNs, Structured World Models, Neural Assets, Veo Ingredients Co-Lead, Veo Robotics",
"entities": {
"description": {
"hashtags": [],
"symbols": [],
"urls": [],
"user_mentions": [
{
"id_str": "0",
"indices": [
16,
31
],
"name": "",
"screen_name": "GoogleDeepMind"
}
]
},
"url": {
"urls": [
{
"display_url": "scholar.google.com/citations?userβ¦",
"expanded_url": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=83HL5FwAAAAJ",
"indices": [
0,
23
],
"url": "https://t.co/aonDi5HU5B"
}
]
}
}
},
"isAutomated": false,
"automatedBy": null
},
"extendedEntities": {},
"card": null,
"place": {},
"entities": {
"hashtags": [],
"symbols": [],
"timestamps": [],
"urls": [],
"user_mentions": []
},
"quoted_tweet": {
"type": "tweet",
"id": "2033739972264792430",
"url": "https://x.com/jyseo_cv/status/2033739972264792430",
"twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/jyseo_cv/status/2033739972264792430",
"text": "What if a world model could render not an imagined place, but the actual city?\n\nWe introduce Seoul World Model, the first world simulation model grounded in a real-world metropolis.\n\nTL;DR: We made a world model RAG over millions of street-views.\n\nproj: https://t.co/Bx4KUAqrRs https://t.co/f5KhV6qSxJ",
"source": "Twitter for iPhone",
"retweetCount": 120,
"replyCount": 20,
"likeCount": 949,
"quoteCount": 17,
"viewCount": 52811,
"createdAt": "Tue Mar 17 02:59:29 +0000 2026",
"lang": "en",
"bookmarkCount": 511,
"isReply": false,
"inReplyToId": null,
"conversationId": "2033739972264792430",
"displayTextRange": [
0,
277
],
"inReplyToUserId": null,
"inReplyToUsername": null,
"author": {
"type": "user",
"userName": "jyseo_cv",
"url": "https://x.com/jyseo_cv",
"twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/jyseo_cv",
"id": "2697548850",
"name": "Junyoung Seo",
"isVerified": false,
"isBlueVerified": false,
"verifiedType": null,
"profilePicture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1755538287157198848/S5waC3fd_normal.jpg",
"coverPicture": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/2697548850/1727488017",
"description": "",
"location": "Seoul",
"followers": 420,
"following": 411,
"status": "",
"canDm": false,
"canMediaTag": true,
"createdAt": "Fri Aug 01 07:03:35 +0000 2014",
"entities": {
"description": {
"urls": []
},
"url": {}
},
"fastFollowersCount": 0,
"favouritesCount": 757,
"hasCustomTimelines": true,
"isTranslator": false,
"mediaCount": 10,
"statusesCount": 135,
"withheldInCountries": [],
"affiliatesHighlightedLabel": {},
"possiblySensitive": false,
"pinnedTweetIds": [
"2033739972264792430"
],
"profile_bio": {
"description": "Ph.D. Student @ KAIST AI, working on visual generative models. \nRS Intern @NVIDIA\nEx-Intern @Meta, @SonyAI_global. Collaborated with NAVER AI",
"entities": {
"description": {
"hashtags": [],
"symbols": [],
"urls": [],
"user_mentions": [
{
"id_str": "0",
"indices": [
75,
82
],
"name": "",
"screen_name": "NVIDIA"
},
{
"id_str": "0",
"indices": [
93,
98
],
"name": "",
"screen_name": "Meta"
},
{
"id_str": "0",
"indices": [
100,
114
],
"name": "",
"screen_name": "SonyAI_global"
}
]
},
"url": {
"urls": [
{
"display_url": "j0seo.github.io",
"expanded_url": "http://j0seo.github.io",
"indices": [
0,
23
],
"url": "https://t.co/nOzmDErh4W"
}
]
}
}
},
"isAutomated": false,
"automatedBy": null
},
"extendedEntities": {
"media": [
{
"additional_media_info": {
"monetizable": false
},
"display_url": "pic.twitter.com/f5KhV6qSxJ",
"expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/jyseo_cv/status/2033739972264792430/video/1",
"ext_media_availability": {
"status": "Available"
},
"id_str": "2033739873346326528",
"indices": [
278,
301
],
"media_key": "13_2033739873346326528",
"media_results": {
"id": "QXBpTWVkaWFSZXN1bHRzOgwABAoAARw5S6O8WxAAAAA=",
"result": {
"__typename": "ApiMedia",
"id": "QXBpTWVkaWE6DAAECgABHDlLo7xbEAAAAA==",
"media_key": "13_2033739873346326528"
}
},
"media_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2033739873346326528/img/NA6aMESZoRD51nwH.jpg",
"original_info": {
"focus_rects": [],
"height": 1080,
"width": 1920
},
"sizes": {
"large": {
"h": 1080,
"w": 1920
}
},
"type": "video",
"url": "https://t.co/f5KhV6qSxJ",
"video_info": {
"aspect_ratio": [
16,
9
],
"duration_millis": 124827,
"variants": [
{
"content_type": "application/x-mpegURL",
"url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2033739873346326528/pl/259cY55GmpVsVw2Q.m3u8?tag=14"
},
{
"bitrate": 288000,
"content_type": "video/mp4",
"url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2033739873346326528/vid/avc1/480x270/NxaNEEGd8tHUrdDQ.mp4?tag=14"
},
{
"bitrate": 832000,
"content_type": "video/mp4",
"url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2033739873346326528/vid/avc1/640x360/XEVrT-x4Wre-OFbw.mp4?tag=14"
},
{
"bitrate": 2176000,
"content_type": "video/mp4",
"url": "https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2033739873346326528/vid/avc1/1280x720/zVuTHQXjOKonWKND.mp4?tag=14"
}
]
}
}
]
},
"card": null,
"place": {},
"entities": {
"hashtags": [],
"symbols": [],
"timestamps": [],
"urls": [
{
"display_url": "seoul-world-model.github.io",
"expanded_url": "https://seoul-world-model.github.io/",
"indices": [
254,
277
],
"url": "https://t.co/Bx4KUAqrRs"
}
],
"user_mentions": []
},
"quoted_tweet": null,
"retweeted_tweet": null,
"isLimitedReply": false,
"article": null
},
"retweeted_tweet": null,
"isLimitedReply": false,
"article": null
}