Maxon Launches Cinema 4D for iPad Beta at NAB 2026
Maxon announced Cinema 4D for iPad at NAB Show 2026, opening beta registration for the first professional 3D application on iPadOS.
Alibaba Happy Oyster Lets You Walk Through AI-Generated 3D Worlds
Alibaba's Happy Oyster generates navigable 3D environments and interactive video from text prompts, letting creators walk through and direct AI-built worlds in real time.
Sony XYN Spatial Capture Brings 3D to Virtual Production
Sony launched XYN Spatial Capture at NAB 2026 -- a three-app suite that converts Sony Alpha photographs into photorealistic 3DCG assets for virtual production LED walls, compatible with Unreal Engine and Disguise.
Maxon Releases Autograph for Free: Motion Graphics Tool for Individual Creators
Maxon releases Autograph 2026.0 free for individual artists on April 15, 2026. USD-based motion graphics and compositing, no subscription required.
Meshy and Formlabs Open the Text-to-3D Loop
Meshy AI and Formlabs Form Now ship the first end-to-end text-to-physical 3D pipeline. Under five minutes from prompt to order, 48-hour delivery, 97% slicer pass rate. The moment AI 3D collapsed the screen-to-studio gap.
Sony Acquires AI Startup Cinemersive Labs for Photo-to-3D Tech
Sony Interactive Entertainment has acquired Cinemersive Labs, a UK-based startup specializing in AI-powered technology that converts ordinary photos and videos into immersive 3D volumetric experiences.
Apple LGTM Brings 4K 3D Scene Rendering Without Per-Scene Training
Apple researchers published LGTM on March 28, 2026, a method that enables 4K-resolution 3D scene rendering using Gaussian Splatting without requiring per-scene optimization.
Tripo AI Raises $50M to Scale 3D Generation Platform
Tripo AI raised $50 million from Alibaba and Baidu Ventures to scale its 3D generation platform, which now serves 6.5 million creators with 100 million 3D assets generated.
Spline Ships Omma AI Canvas for 3D Web Design
Spline launched Omma on March 24, an AI canvas that generates interactive 3D web experiences from natural language prompts using parallel agents.
Spline Omma Bets on AI-Native 3D for the Web
Spline Omma generates production-ready 3D web experiences from natural language prompts using parallel AI agents, with a Code API that exports to React, Next.js, and XR.
AI 3D Generation and Spatial Computing: State of the Art in 2026
The 3D Gaussian Splatting tools market hit 1.2 billion dollars in 2024 and is on track for 7.8 billion by 2033. AI 3D generation crossed a threshold in early 2026 with open-source models producing production-quality meshes in seconds.
NVIDIA Cosmos 3 Unifies World Simulation for Robots
NVIDIA unveiled Cosmos 3 at GTC, the first world foundation model that unifies synthetic world generation, physical AI reasoning, and action simulation.
NVIDIA CloudXR Streams RTX Graphics to Apple Vision Pro
NVIDIA CloudXR 6.0 now streams RTX-powered 4K graphics directly to Apple Vision Pro, enabling professional 3D design reviews and immersive workflows from any RTX workstation.
GDC 2026 AI Recap: Local AI Goes Mainstream
For years, the most powerful AI creative tools lived in the cloud. You uploaded your prompts, waited for a remote GPU cluster to process them, and downloaded the results
Tripo P1.0 Ships Production-Grade 3D AI at GDC
Tripo debuted P1.0, a native 3D diffusion model that generates production-ready 3D assets in roughly two seconds, at GDC 2026 in San Francisco