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Apple releases open-source model that instantly turns 2D photos into 3D views

https://github.com/apple/ml-sharp
72•SG-•2h ago

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neom•40m ago
Examples: https://apple.github.io/ml-sharp/

Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10685

cromulent•39m ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284658
b112•39m ago
Ah great. Easier for real estate agents to show slow panning around a room, with lame music.

I guess there are other uses?? But this is just more abstracted reality. It will be innacurate just as summaried text is, and future peoples will again have no idea as to reality.

tim1994•33m ago
For panning you don't need a 3D view/reconstruction. This also allows translational camera movements, but only for nearby views. Maybe I am overly pedantic here, but for HN I guess thats appropriate :D
parpfish•9m ago
For a good slow pan, you don’t need 3d reconstruction but you DO need “Ashokan Farewell”
stevep98•32m ago
It will be used for spatial content, for viewing in Apple Vision Pro headset.

In fact you can already turn any photo into spatial content. I’m not sure if it’s using this algorithm or something else.

It’s nice to view holiday photos with spatial view … it feels like you’re there again. Same with looking at photos of deceased friends and family.

bertili•39m ago
HN discussion 11 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284658
gjsman-1000•37m ago
Is this the same model as the “Spatial Scenes” feature in iOS 26? If so, it’s been wildly impressive.
jtrn•29m ago
I was thinking of testing it, but I have an irrational hatred for Conda.
moron4hire•28m ago
You aren't being irrational.
jtreminio•17m ago
You can simply use a `uv` env instead?
optionalsquid•14m ago
You could use pixi instead, as a much nicer/saner alternative to conda: https://pixi.sh

Though in this particular case, you don't even need conda. You just need python 3.13 and a virtual environment. If you have uv installed, then it's even easier:

    git clone https://github.com/apple/ml-sharp.git
    cd ml-sharp
    uv sync
    uv run sharp
RobotToaster•20m ago
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apple/ml-sharp/refs/heads/...

"Exclusively for research purposes" so not actually open source.

hwers•16m ago
I don’t agree with this idea that for a model to be open source you have to be able to make a profit off of it. Plenty of open source code licenses doesn’t require that constraint
tremon•13m ago
https://opensource.org/osd#fields-of-endeavor

> The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, [..]

Aachen•9m ago
That's source-available: you get to see the code and learn from it, but if you're not allowed to use it however you want (with as only common restrictions that you must then credit the creator(s) and also allow others the same freedom on derivative works) then it's not the traditional definition of open source
wahnfrieden•6m ago
The only popular one I know is CC-NC but that is not open source
echelon•3m ago
That sucks.

I'm writing open desktop software that uses WorldLabs splats for consistent location filmmaking, and it's an awesome tool:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iD999naQq9A

3D splats are going to be incredibly useful for film and graphics design. You can rotate the camera around and get predictable, consistent details.

We need more Gaussian models. I hope the Chinese AI companies start building them.

zarzavat•2m ago
There's no reason to believe that weights are copyrightable. The only reason to pay attention to this "license" is because it's enforced by Apple, in that sense they can write whatever they want in it, "this model requires giving ownership of your first born son to Apple", etc. The content is irrelevant.
d_watt•19m ago
I’ve been using some time off to explore the space and related projects StereoCrafter and GeometryCrafter are fascinating. Applying this to video adds a temporal consistency angle that makes it way harder and compute intensive, but I’ve “spatialized” some old home videos from the Korean War and it works surprisingly well.

https://github.com/TencentARC/StereoCrafter https://github.com/TencentARC/GeometryCrafter

jokoon•16m ago
does it make a mesh?

doesn't seem very accurate, no idea of the result with a photo of large scene, that could be useful for level designers

wahnfrieden•4m ago
No
Invictus0•6m ago
Apple is not a serious company if they can't even spin up a simple frontend for their AI innovations. I should not have to install anything to test this.

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