3D models build objects from a photo or a description for interactive showcases, games, augmented reality and prototypes. They cut the 3D designer's workload at the draft stage. Check the output formats, texture quality and what the license permits.
The family that started "single-pass" 3D reconstruction from a pair or set of photos without camera calibration. MASt3R added point matching and scale; MUSt3R and BLASt3R added video support.
Reconstructs the 3D geometry of a scene from one photo: depth in meters, a point cloud and surface normals.
VAST family: a 3D model from a single photo. TripoSR runs in under a second, TripoSG gives cleaner geometry, TripoSplat builds a scene from Gaussian points.
Reconstructs a 3D scene from one, several or hundreds of photos in seconds: camera positions, depth and a point cloud. Best Paper at CVPR 2025.
Generates whole 3D worlds and scenes from text or an image that you can walk through. The second version builds a scene from video and photos.
One of the strongest open 3D models: from an image or text it produces a textured mesh or a Gaussian scene. TRELLIS.2 is noticeably more detailed than the first version.
A single model builds a metric 3D reconstruction from photos, and uses camera, depth or pose data when available. One weights variant is under Apache 2.0.
Reconstructs a 3D scene and camera positions from a set of photos or a video without relying on a "reference" frame. Pi3X gives smoother point clouds and approximate scale in meters.
Generates 3D human motion animation from a text description: the skeletal animation is ready for 3D editors and game engines. Understands English and Chinese.
Reconstructs the 3D shape of an object or a human body from one ordinary photo, even when the object is partly hidden. Two models: Objects and Body.
Tencent's open 3D line: shape and texture from an image, at the level of paid services. Omni adds control of pose and shape, Part splits a model into parts.
Stability AI models that turn a single photo into a textured 3D model in about a second. SPAR3D lets you adjust the shape through a point cloud.
Builds a 3D mesh from a single image in about 10 seconds: first it draws the object from several angles, then assembles the model from them.
Early open OpenAI models that create a 3D object from text or an image in seconds. Quality is basic, but they are fast and easy to run.
An open model can run on your own server: data stays in-house, there is no per-request fee, and the model can be fine-tuned on your documents.
