Midjourney V6 Version Expected to be Released This Year, Significant Improvement in Image Quality.

The 6th edition of Midjourney is expected to be released later this year, bringing significant improvements in quality.

David Holz, CEO of Midjourney, stated that the leap from the current 5th edition to the 6th edition will be greater than the leap from the 4th edition to the 5th edition. Although Holz did not disclose the exact release date, he mentioned that it is likely to be launched quickly and definitely within this year.

Regarding the improvements in the 6th edition, Holz promised better performance in text understanding, meaning that image generation will be closer to the prompts and pay better attention to details in wording. Additionally, he mentioned the possibility of implementing text rendering, referring to this feature as "not difficult," but the team has not prioritized it so far. However, he also mentioned that he has not yet seen satisfactory results in text rendering and it is still uncertain whether and to what extent this feature will be implemented.

As for DALL-E 3 released by OpenAI, Holz expressed great optimism about Midjourney's ability to continue providing the highest image quality. Preliminary results comparing the image quality of DALL-E 3 and Midjourney v5 show that although DALL-E 3 does not have a significant advantage in image quality, it has improved in following prompts and rendering text.

The web version of Midjourney is still under development. The new website will be released in two stages: first, a redesigned version of the current website, and then a website with image generation capabilities and social features. Holz did not provide a specific timeline for the final version of the website to go live.

3D and video are the goals on Midjourney's roadmap

The roadmap of Midjourney also includes the creation of 3D and video functionalities. Holz is very optimistic and expects to achieve good results, especially in the 3D aspect, soon.

When observing current video games, he is surprised by the difference in graphic quality and the potential of generative AI to improve it. Holz has previously stated that he expects future video games to be dominated by generation rather than rendering.

Midjourney does not plan to release any specific information or demonstrations about 3D generation this year. The same applies to video generation, although the Midjourney team is working on its development, Holz mentioned that it may take longer for video generation to be applied in the market compared to 3D generation.