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Visko Launches Orbis 1.0, a Real-Time Video Model That Updates Live as Prompts Change

September 1, 2026 at 12:27 EDT

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Visko on September 1, 2026 opened public access to Orbis 1.0, its first Live Model: a video system that generates a scene continuously in real time and folds new prompts into the stream without restarting. The Sunnyvale, California company also closed a $10 million pre-seed round led by Llama Ventures.

September 1, 2026 · Visko

A video model that never stops the scene

Orbis 1.0 streams 4K worlds in real time. New prompts land in the live picture without a restart, while memory holds subjects, setting, and style.

streamed output

24 FPS

real-time delivery

$10M

pre-seed round

<1s

avg. visible prompt lag

Long-form Arena · Overall Elo

Human preference point estimates on long-form video. Column height is proportional to score.

1838

Orbis 1.0

1734

HappyOyster

1562

LongLive-2

1552

Odyssey

Orbis leads overall preference. HappyOyster remains ahead on visual fidelity (1937 vs 1843), a dimension not shown in these columns.

How a live session runs

Start from text, image, or video

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Stream 4K frames at 24 FPS

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Change the prompt mid-run

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Scene continues, no restart

What testers liked

Mid-stream prompt changes can keep the same subjects and setting in play, so generation feels closer to directing a world than waiting on a clip.

Where it still trails

HappyOyster led visual fidelity. Dynamic mode trades clarity for motion, and the published scores come from Visko’s own evaluations.

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