Image-to-3D systems have been around for about a year, with massive improvements in quality taking place. The idea is to present a 2D image of a subject to the AI model, which then “guesses” the ...

What if you could turn a simple photo into a fully realized 3D model, all without spending a dime? Below, Matthew Berman takes you through how SAM 3D, an open source platform from Meta, is ...

An AI method enables the generation of sharp, high-quality 3D shapes that are closer to the quality of the best 2D image models. Previous approaches typically generated blurry or cartoonish 3D shapes.

Apple's Machine Learning Research wing has developed a foundational AI model "for zero-shot metric monocular depth estimation." Depth Pro enables high-speed generation of detailed 3D depth maps from a ...

Microsoft has introduced Copilot 3D, a new AI-powered tool capable of transforming everyday 2D images into fully rendered 3D models in mere seconds. The launch follows closely on the heels of ...

World Labs, a leader in spatial intelligence AI, has developed an innovative system that transforms static 2D images into fully interactive 3D environments. This technology bridges the gap between ...

Meta Platforms Inc. today is expanding its suite of open-source Segment Anything computer vision models with the release of SAM 3 and SAM 3D, introducing enhanced object recognition and ...

A hot potato: Producing 3D artwork for video games or other projects can be grueling and tedious – a job ideal for AI automation. A young startup is attempting to fulfill that niche, but a recent ...

Three artists reveal how they're exploring 3D tools and game engines.