From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

Using satellite data since 2019, researchers have created a map featuring nearly three billion buildings around the world.

The process of creating 3D models from 2D images has traditionally been associated with expensive software and advanced technical skills. However, Trellis, a free AI-powered tool, has transformed this ...

DreamGaussian is a 3D content generation framework AI tool has been designed to be user-friendly, requiring users to simply drag and drop an image and click Generate 3D to start the process rolling.

Why it matters: The creative industry needs a constant flux of content to keep fans happy, and that content needs to be created somehow. When it comes to 3D models, AI algorithms could provide a big ...

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first ...

Copilot 3D will turn your 2D images into 3D models. The tool is freely available to anyone, though you do need a Microsoft account. Microsoft suggests using an image with a single subject, even ...

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 ...

Silicon chip manufacturers like Intel and TSMC are constantly outdoing themselves to make ever smaller features, but they are getting closer to the physical limits of silicon. “We already have very, ...

The 2D to 3D photo conversion feature coming to Vision Pro in VisionOS 2.0 makes a novel capability meaningful for the first time. Cue “Apple didn’t even do it first!” in the comments. You’re not ...