AI Video Generation Officially Bids Farewell to the "Silent Era"! Google's Veo 3 Makes a Stunning Debut

Industry Transformation

In the past, the release of Sora drove a qualitative leap in AI video quality, making the physical logic in videos more realistic and completely igniting this field. Startups like Runway, Pika, Luma, Kling, Genmo, Higgsfield, Lightricks, as well as giants including OpenAI, Google, Alibaba, and ByteDance have all joined the race.

However, no matter how much progress has been made in image quality and camera work, AI videos still suffered from being "mute" - you could see characters running, jumping, or even performing slow-motion actions, but getting them to speak, hear ambient sounds or the sizzling of a frying pan? Sorry, post-production dubbing was still required.

Moreover, audio post-production often fell out of sync - mismatched lip movements, unsynchronized dialogue, and sound effects missing their cues - ultimately leaving the final product lacking in atmosphere.

Veo 3's Breakthrough Features

On May 21, Google officially launched Veo 3, and AI videos can finally "speak"! This new model not only generates HD visuals but also automatically synthesizes dialogue and sound effects based on the video's original pixel content, perfectly synchronized with the footage.

With a simple prompt, it instantly produces visuals + dialogue + lip-sync + sound effects - all in one go. For example, check out this performance of "We can speak now!" 👇

It can even handle complex rap segments. A simple prompt like "an elderly man discussing the universe" produces results where lip movements, rhythm, and facial expressions are all naturally connected, making it hard to distinguish from reality.

At the launch event, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis excitedly announced: "The era of silent AI videos is finally over! Users only need to describe characters, scenes, dialogue and tone in natural language to generate complete customized videos."

Judging from Google's official demo, Veo 3's audio-visual integration has reached near cinematic production standards. It's currently available to Google AI Ultra subscribers within the Gemini app, and enterprise users can also access it via the Vertex AI platform.

Global User Creativity Showcase

Right after the launch, netizens worldwide went wild -

Rap hits, viral videos, cooking shows took turns Users unleashed their creativity with many interesting works 👇

Creative Example 1: 👉 Prompt (Chinese translation): Two pancakes conversing while baking, the first says: "I can't believe Veo 3 can make pancakes talk now!" The second exclaims: "Wow, a talking pancake!"

Result: The pancakes not only had expressive dialogue but also perfectly synchronized lip movements.

Creative Example 2: A retro 1980s TV cooking show featuring a 65-year-old British hostess kneading dough while saying: "This is hard work..." Then the dough lifts its face and replies in a Brooklyn accent: "Hey lady, watch it, I'm trying to rise here!" Complete with authentic VHS tape texture.

Creative Example 3: Users also created futuristic Russian Techno singer viral hits, with even complex tongue-rolling sounds smoothly reproduced.

Additionally, Google's Chief Creative Technologist personally tested Veo 3's long video generation capability, using the first/last frame control feature to produce a 1+ minute narrative short. While background music needed manual addition, the dialogue and sound effects generated by Veo 3 achieved remarkably high completeness.

Technical Comparison: Veo 3 vs Sora

Pros and cons 👇

Advantages:

• Audio generation: Veo 3 can synchronize dialogue and sound effects, which Sora currently cannot, saving significant post-production time.
• Flexible editing: Veo 3 supports frame extension and object editing, suitable for fine-tuning, while Sora focuses more on story continuity.
• Realism: Veo 3's physics simulation and lip-sync performance are closer to cinematic quality.

Disadvantages:

• Availability: Veo 3 is currently limited to US Ultra subscribers, while Sora is available to more ChatGPT users, offering better accessibility.
• Video length: Sora explicitly supports 20-second videos, while Veo 3's length limit hasn't been officially confirmed, requiring further verification.

User Guide

Veo 3 Quick Start Tutorial Want to try it yourself? It's simple 👇

1. Visit Veo 3 Creation Platform
2. Register and log in
3. Select "Create Platform - Video" to input prompts and set parameters
4. Click "Generate Video" to see results in seconds