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Waypoint-1.5: Higher-Fidelity Interactive Worlds for Everyday GPUs

AnnouncementModelApr 9, 2026

Overworld released Waypoint-1.5, a real-time video world model that generates interactive environments at up to 720p and 60 FPS on desktop hardware including RTX 3090 through 5090. A 360p tier extends support to broader consumer hardware. Trained on nearly 100x more data than Waypoint, the model improves visual fidelity and coherence. Andrew Lapp, Louis Castricato, Scott Fox, Shahbuland Matiana, and David Rossi contributed. Weights are available on Hugging Face.

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