On 2026-08-05, developer @mattyp posted an explanation of how the @cursor_ai announcement video was produced.
I built the scene off a real Wii Menu - I used Dolphin Emulator to run an emulated Wii on my mac that I screen recorded in 4k I used Cursor with Grok 4.5 to dig around in the Dolphin system files.
What was announced
- The video recreated a Wii Menu using an emulated Wii running in Dolphin Emulator on macOS.
- The scene was captured via 4K screen recording.
- Cursor combined with Grok 4.5 was used to inspect and modify Dolphin system files.
Context
Grok 4.5 is an xAI language model available through the Cursor AI coding environment.
Limits of this report
This report covers only the production details stated in the post and makes no claims about Cursor AI features, video content, or xAI product plans.
Source
@mattyp on X: https://x.com/mattyp/status/2085059707233079435