OpenAI has launched Sora 2, a new social media app for iOS (on September 30, 2025). The new version of Sora makes ultra-realistic, controllable videos with sound. Now, anyone can create cinematic films or anime-style scenes in minutes. The app has done significantly well since its launch in 2024. With this announcement, OpenAI is also ready to compete with Google’s Veo-3. So, how does it differ from its previous version of Sora? What’s new in Sora 2? And how to use it for social media? For all that, learn more.
What Is Sora 2?
It’s an AI model that generates videos with text prompts in under a minute. The new version, Sora 2, has gone more realistic and cinematic, with various sounds and visual effects. OpenAI’s social media app has also become a buzz after the launch. It’s like Instagram or TikTok but powered by AI video generation.
What Makes Sora 2 Special:
More Realistic Physics
The older version of Sora made a weird mistake, for example, let’s say:
- In a video where a basketball player missed a shot, the ball would automatically teleport into the hoop.
- However, with Sora 2, the ball will bounce off the backboard, which is what would happen in real life.
Better Control (Controllability)
- The AI can now take complex instructions, unlike its last version.
- Example: Ask it to make the video with multiple camera shots, continuous scenes, and detailed action scenes. Sora 2 is capable of handling them all at once.
- And it remembers well now. Say, if a character is holding a blue cup in the first shot, it won’t change to red in the second.
More Styles
- It is perhaps the most crucial update that Sora 2 can now create cinematic films, anime-style scenes, realistic clips, and more.
Sound Generation
- This feature in the app is just like the one in Google’s Veo-3. You can now work with background sounds, dialogue, and sound effects to match the video.
Humans & Real Objects
- Sora 2 can include real humans and objects in its videos. However, OpenAI openly admits that it’s not perfect yet.
- The company is working to make the tech closer to “simulating reality.”
The Sora App (New Social Media Platform)
Alongside Sora 2, OpenAI launched its new app called Sora (iOS only for now).
Here’s what it offers:
- Create & Remix → Now make your own videos and remix them with others via the Sora app for your social media right within the app.
- Custom Feed → Let’s say it’s another TikTok or Instagram. On the app, you can better control what you see with your natural language instructions.
- For instance, “Show me more funny anime-style clips”, and your feed is adjusted accordingly.
- Upload Yourself → You can record yourself just once, and AI will insert you into the videos with different scenes.
- For instance, you can make a cameo appearance in a cartoon, TV show, or movie.
- Cameos → You can include your videos, just invite them to be part of the AI scenes with you.
- Healthy Feed → With this, OpenAI aims to lower the doomscrolling and addiction or better avoid it altogether.
- The app prioritises your feed to be from people you know and follow, and inspires you to make videos, not just consume them.
Why This Matters
- For creators: The new social app, Sora 2, can change how videos are made. The videos can be made faster, with more creativity and within the budget.
- For social media: Now, just post selfies; the app wants the public to enjoy making fun AI videos with remixes and trending sounds.
- For competition: The launch is a direct competition to Google’s Veo-3, which is already popular in the market.
Yash Gupta
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