IK3D https://ik3d.fr/ Art Director / B3D Sat, 23 May 2026 20:40:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ik3d.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-Logo-8-07-1-32x32.png IK3D https://ik3d.fr/ 32 32 http://ik3d.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/svgLogo.svghttp://ik3d.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/svgLogo.svg54b5c4 Netflix VOID — The First Open Object-Eraser That Deletes the Shadow, the Reflection, and the Domino It Knocked Over https://ik3d.fr/netflix-void-the-first-open-object-eraser-that-deletes-the-shadow-the-reflection-and-the-domino-it-knocked-over/ https://ik3d.fr/netflix-void-the-first-open-object-eraser-that-deletes-the-shadow-the-reflection-and-the-domino-it-knocked-over/#respond Sat, 23 May 2026 20:40:33 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47589 Erasing a person from a video clip has been a solved-ish problem for years. Erasing the shadow...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/netflix-void-the-first-open-object-eraser-that-deletes-the-shadow-the-reflection-and-the-domino-it-knocked-over/feed/ 0 Blender Just Said No to Gen-AI in the Core — And Turned an Anthropic Donation Into a Governance Win https://ik3d.fr/blender-just-said-no-to-gen-ai-in-the-core-and-turned-an-anthropic-donation-into-a-governance-win/ https://ik3d.fr/blender-just-said-no-to-gen-ai-in-the-core-and-turned-an-anthropic-donation-into-a-governance-win/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 18:54:24 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47583 Hook While every other tool in our toolbox is racing to bolt a generative-AI button onto its...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/blender-just-said-no-to-gen-ai-in-the-core-and-turned-an-anthropic-donation-into-a-governance-win/feed/ 0 Unity AI Is Live in Open Beta — Prompt-to-Game Just Moved Into Every Unity 6 Editor https://ik3d.fr/unity-ai-is-live-in-open-beta-prompt-to-game-just-moved-into-every-unity-6-editor/ https://ik3d.fr/unity-ai-is-live-in-open-beta-prompt-to-game-just-moved-into-every-unity-6-editor/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 18:30:33 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47577 Hook Unity just flipped the switch on the thing it has been teasing all year: as of...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/unity-ai-is-live-in-open-beta-prompt-to-game-just-moved-into-every-unity-6-editor/feed/ 0 MetaHuman 5.8 — Epic Just Bridged the AI 3D Pipeline and Built a Crowd Engine in the Same Drop https://ik3d.fr/metahuman-5-8-epic-just-bridged-the-ai-3d-pipeline-and-built-a-crowd-engine-in-the-same-drop/ https://ik3d.fr/metahuman-5-8-epic-just-bridged-the-ai-3d-pipeline-and-built-a-crowd-engine-in-the-same-drop/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 12:16:07 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47539 On May 12, Epic dropped MetaHuman 5.8 Preview alongside Unreal Engine 5.8. Two features change the calculus...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/metahuman-5-8-epic-just-bridged-the-ai-3d-pipeline-and-built-a-crowd-engine-in-the-same-drop/feed/ 0 Esri Site Scan May 2026 — The Industry That Owns Every Map on Earth Just Made Gaussian Splats a Cloud Button https://ik3d.fr/esri-site-scan-may-2026-the-industry-that-owns-every-map-on-earth-just-made-gaussian-splats-a-cloud-button/ https://ik3d.fr/esri-site-scan-may-2026-the-industry-that-owns-every-map-on-earth-just-made-gaussian-splats-a-cloud-button/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 19:03:29 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47521 Esri just shipped cloud Gaussian Splat generation inside Site Scan for ArcGIS. Fly the drone, hit a...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/esri-site-scan-may-2026-the-industry-that-owns-every-map-on-earth-just-made-gaussian-splats-a-cloud-button/feed/ 0 Houdini-gsplat — A Sydney VFX Lab Just Bolted Native Gaussian Splats Into Solaris, MIT Licensed https://ik3d.fr/houdini-gsplat-a-sydney-vfx-lab-just-bolted-native-gaussian-splats-into-solaris-mit-licensed/ https://ik3d.fr/houdini-gsplat-a-sydney-vfx-lab-just-bolted-native-gaussian-splats-into-solaris-mit-licensed/#respond Sun, 17 May 2026 17:33:45 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47516 Gaussian Splatting in Houdini used to mean one thing: dump your PLY through GSOPs, instance it in...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/houdini-gsplat-a-sydney-vfx-lab-just-bolted-native-gaussian-splats-into-solaris-mit-licensed/feed/ 0 Postshot V1.1 — Jawset Just Put a VR Headset Inside Your Splat Editor https://ik3d.fr/postshot-v1-1-jawset-just-put-a-vr-headset-inside-your-splat-editor/ https://ik3d.fr/postshot-v1-1-jawset-just-put-a-vr-headset-inside-your-splat-editor/#respond Sat, 16 May 2026 18:40:52 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47501 Jawset just shipped Postshot V1.1, and they did something nobody else in the Gaussian splatting space has...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/postshot-v1-1-jawset-just-put-a-vr-headset-inside-your-splat-editor/feed/ 0 Varjo Teleport Autopilot — Draw a Polygon, Wait Three Hours, Get a 100-Million-Splat Neighborhood https://ik3d.fr/varjo-teleport-autopilot-draw-a-polygon-wait-three-hours-get-a-100-million-splat-neighborhood/ https://ik3d.fr/varjo-teleport-autopilot-draw-a-polygon-wait-three-hours-get-a-100-million-splat-neighborhood/#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 14:46:51 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47494 Finland’s most famous XR company just turned drone-based 3D capture into a four-click cloud service. Varjo Teleport’s...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/varjo-teleport-autopilot-draw-a-polygon-wait-three-hours-get-a-100-million-splat-neighborhood/feed/ 0 Claude Just Moved Into Blender, SketchUp, and Fusion — The Era of the AI Browser Tab Is Over https://ik3d.fr/claude-just-moved-into-blender-sketchup-and-fusion-the-era-of-the-ai-browser-tab-is-over/ https://ik3d.fr/claude-just-moved-into-blender-sketchup-and-fusion-the-era-of-the-ai-browser-tab-is-over/#respond Thu, 14 May 2026 10:18:00 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47407 For two years, every “AI for 3D” headline ended the same way: open a browser, paste a...

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]]> https://ik3d.fr/claude-just-moved-into-blender-sketchup-and-fusion-the-era-of-the-ai-browser-tab-is-over/feed/ 0 PIX4Dmatic Pro Just Shipped Gaussian Splatting — Photogrammetry’s 800-Pound Gorilla Calls 3DGS Production-Ready https://ik3d.fr/pix4dmatic-pro-just-shipped-gaussian-splatting-photogrammetrys-800-pound-gorilla-calls-3dgs-production-ready/ https://ik3d.fr/pix4dmatic-pro-just-shipped-gaussian-splatting-photogrammetrys-800-pound-gorilla-calls-3dgs-production-ready/#respond Thu, 14 May 2026 10:17:02 +0000 https://ik3d.fr/?p=47487 PIX4D just shipped Gaussian Splatting inside PIX4Dmatic Pro. If that sentence reads like a routine release note,...

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