{"id":11049,"date":"2025-09-12T05:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/11049\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T05:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:10:07","slug":"viral-nano-banana-trend-goes-wrong-as-googles-gemini-fails-to-model-users-grandfathers-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/11049\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Nano Banana trend goes wrong as Google’s Gemini fails to model user\u2019s grandfather\u2019s hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked yet another viral craze online. After the Studio Ghibli and Pixar-inspired filters, Google\u2019s Gemini has rolled out the \u201cNano Banana\u201d trend \u2014 a tool that lets users turn photos into glossy 3D figurines.<\/p>\n

From Bollywood celebrities and political leaders to even pets, Indians are enthusiastically trying the trend, flooding social media with their miniaturised avatars.<\/p>\n

What Is the Nano Banana Trend?<\/p>\n

The trend allows users to create stunning figurines in seconds with just a photo and a short text prompt. The tool generates a 3D design that looks professional, glossy and instantly shareable \u2014 no cost, no special skills needed.<\/p>\n

Also read | TikTok parent ByteDance to take on Google DeepMind\u2019s \u2018Nano Banana\u2019 with Seedream 4.0 \u2013 All you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n

Google describes the creation as a 1\/7 scale figurine placed on a computer desk, complete with a transparent acrylic base and even toy-like packaging shown on screen, resembling high-end collectibles.<\/p>\n

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently joined in, posting his own figurine online. \u201cMy young friends suggested that I go with the trend\u2026so here it is,\u201d he wrote, sharing the miniature model on social media.<\/p>\n

How Can Users Try It?<\/p>\n

According to Google, the feature is available free to all Gemini <\/a>users. \u201cImage creation and editing is free for everyone in the Gemini app,\u201d the company confirmed.<\/p>\n

What Are People Saying Online?<\/p>\n

Social media is flooded with reactions. Many users have called the results \u201cso real it feels like merch,\u201d while others joked about wanting to sell their own figurines. Memes have also surfaced, with users placing their 3D avatars in playful settings \u2014 from superhero battles to Bollywood posters.<\/p>\n

One X (formerly Twitter) user wrote: \u201cForget selfies, this is my new display pic forever.\u201d Another quipped: \u201cWaiting for Flipkart to start selling my miniature version!\u201d<\/p>\n

A third user wrote: “Restored this approx 43\u201344 year old picture.<\/p>\n

Prompt was: “Restore this picture”<\/p>\n

nano-banana is a different beast, the next version is going to be wild.”<\/p>\n

Some users say the auto-generated figurines struggle with details \u2014 especially hands. Despite the photorealistic look, the models are often unable to capture finer likenesses or follow prompts accurately.<\/p>\n

One user noted: \u201cNano-Banana clearly struggled to follow instructions and could not generate hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to Create Nano Banana 3D Figurine?<\/p>\n

Step 1: Open Google Gemini (or Google AI Studio).<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 2: Upload the photo you want to transform into a figurine.<\/p>\n

Step 3: Paste this prompt into the text box:<\/p>\n

“Create a 1\/7 scale commercialised figurine of the characters in the picture, in a realistic style, in a real environment. The figurine is placed on a computer desk. The figurine has a round transparent acrylic base, with no text on the base. The content on the computer screen is a 3D modelling process of this figurine. Next to the computer screen is a toy packaging box, designed in a style reminiscent of high-quality collectible figures, printed with original artwork. The packaging features two-dimensional flat illustrations.”<\/p>\n

Step 4: Click Generate and wait a few seconds for your 3D figurine image.<\/p>\n

Step 5: Review the result. If you\u2019re not satisfied, adjust the prompt or try another photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked yet another viral craze online. After the Studio Ghibli and Pixar-inspired filters, Google\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11938,11936,11939,11937,11940,85,46,8090,125],"class_list":["post-11049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-3d-photos","tag-gemini-google-com","tag-googli-gemini","tag-how-to-create-3d-figurines-for-free","tag-how-to-make-3d-photos","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nano-banana","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}