# Sora Preview

- Date: 2024-02
- Type: model
- Credit: OpenAI
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK6y8DAPN_0
- Post: https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1758192957386342435
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/sora-preview

OpenAI drops a preview that changes the conversation overnight. 60-second videos with coherent physics, consistent characters, and cinematic camera movements. Nothing publicly available comes close. The internet is split between awe and existential dread. For creators, the preview is both inspiring and frustrating: it proves AI video can be genuinely cinematic, but almost no one can actually use it. The gap between 'demo' and 'product' becomes the story.

Links:
- OpenAI Announcement: https://openai.com/index/sora/
- Technical Report: https://openai.com/index/video-generation-models-as-world-simulators/
- OpenAI's announcement on X (98M views): https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1758192957386342435
- MKBHD's reaction: https://x.com/MKBHD/status/1758200479224410420
- Jim Fan: Sora as a data-driven physics engine: https://x.com/DrJimFan/status/1758210245799920123
- Shruti Mishra: 12 examples: https://x.com/heyshrutimishra/status/1758397666655105237
- Rowan Cheung: 14 examples in the first 24 hours: https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1758538765331534100
- Linus Ekenstam: more Sora drops (Mar 2024): https://x.com/LinusEkenstam/status/1769695358555427317

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/sora-preview
Era: 2024 · The Great Convergence
Last updated: 2026-10-02