Mugen3D Launch Marks Tipping Point for World Model Applications

SILICON VALLEY - Jan. 22, 2026 - AI technology firm SumeruAI today announced the official launch of Mugen3D, a ...
Auganix

Spatial Computing Startup Nucleus4D Raises $1.5M to Digitize the Built World Using 3D Gaussian Splatting

Nucleus4D has raised USD $1.5M in pre-seed funding to digitize real estate with 3D Gaussian splatting for AI world models | ...
Hackaday

gaussian splat

Gaussian Splats is a term you have likely come across, probably in relation to 3D scenery. But what are they, exactly? This blog post explains precisely that in no time at all, complete with great ...
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Apple unveils 'SHARP,' a method that can convert a single image into a 3D scene, which can be processed in less than one second on a standard GPU

Apple has announced a method called 'SHARP' that uses neural networks to generate highly accurate 3D scenes from a single image, and can run in under a second on a standard GPU. Given an image, SHARP ...
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Close enough to touch: AI-generated 3D environments in VR

A fictitious Swiss mountain village against an impressive Alpine backdrop, an imposing steampunk city with pointed towers, arches and magnificent clocks, a forest full of fluorescent giant mushrooms: ...