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Apple Vision Pro · October 7, 2026
Blockworks Turns Your Words Into Builds with AI on Apple Vision Pro
A new AI demo makes a boat, a bicycle picture, and a statue from virtual blocks you can pick up and take apart.
Capture & Create · October 2, 2026
Tripo Adds 3D Animation From Text Prompts
Creators can generate short actions from prompts and combine up to five motion segments, with skeleton options for Unreal Engine, Unity, and avatar workflows.
Capture & Create · September 29, 2026
MultiSet Adds 3D Scan Exports for NVIDIA’s Robot Simulator
The latest update also lets devices find nearby maps automatically, combines separate survey scans, and makes mapped spaces shareable in a browser.
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Capture & Create · September 29, 2026
OpenAI Teases 20+ Launches at DevDay Today
An always-on AI agent and new model access are reportedly on the way, with Sam Altman’s keynote streaming free at 10 a.m. Pacific.
Robotics · September 28, 2026
AMD to Buy World Labs for $8.2 Billion
Fei-Fei Li will become AMD’s chief scientist, bringing the team behind Marble and Atlas closer to the chips that power its research.
Capture & Create · September 28, 2026
Immersive Warsaw brings filmmakers and creators together on November 5
The in-person event at Kinoteka pairs Apple Vision Pro screenings with filmmaker talks, networking, and an up-close look at Blackmagic’s URSA Cine Immersive camera.
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September 2026
Robotics · September 27, 2026
Niantic Launches 100 Real-World Scenes for Robot Training
The Places Library pairs detailed 3D scenes with physical surfaces for simulation, with free samples of a London street and a New Jersey warehouse.
Spatial Insider GuideApple Vision Pro · September 25, 2026 · 2 min read
How to View Insta360 Spatial Captures on Apple Vision Pro
Paste an Insta360 share link into the PhotoSplat app to step inside your capture, move around, and see it from new angles.
Apple Vision Pro · September 24, 2026
Reality Composer Pro Preview Is Now Available for Vision Pro
Apple’s Preview companion app lets creators edit on a Mac and check materials, animation, and layout live inside the headset.
Capture & Create · September 23, 2026
Explore the iPhone 18 Pro launch at Apple Fifth Avenue in 360°
Immerse yourself in launch day at Apple Fifth Avenue with Spatial Insider’s 360° video, available in full 8K on Apple Vision Pro with M5.
Apple Vision Pro · September 23, 2026
Spatial Film App Adds Gaussian Splat Support on Vision Pro
Hugh Hou’s free Splat Player opens 3D captures through Apple’s RealityKit, with support for local files and Insta360 share links.
Capture & Create · September 21, 2026
Insta360 Spatial Capture Comes to the US on September 28
X4 Air, X5, and X6 owners will be able to turn 360 videos into Gaussian splats through the Insta360 app.
Capture & Create · September 17, 2026
AirVis Spatial Lets AI Understand and Navigate Your Gaussian Splats
Connect your Gaussian splat to Codex, and AI can look around with you, help you find things, and explain what it sees.
Capture & Create · September 17, 2026
XGRIDS Gaussian Splats Now Work With SketchUp’s Splat Extension
The Gaussian Splats extension brings captured spaces into the modeling window, where designers can snap new geometry to the scan and compare it with their plans.
YouTube VideoCapture & Create · September 15, 2026 · 16 min
Video: Inside the Startup Bringing Volumetric Video to the NBA
Justin Ryan talks with Peripheral Labs about volumetric video and the NBA’s tests of watching games from anywhere on the court.
Capture & Create · September 15, 2026
XGRIDS Unveils Lixel L3 Scanner With 5 mm Accuracy and 4K HDR
The L3 upgrades XGRIDS’ handheld scanning hardware with larger camera sensors, built-in positioning, and a screen for use in the field.
Capture & Create · September 8, 2026
World Labs Previews Real-Time World Generation With Atlas
The AI model creates new views as you move, using reference images and earlier frames to keep the scene consistent.
Capture & Create · September 8, 2026
Meshy Launches Its New iPhone App
Powered by Meshy 7, the app turns photos and ideas into 3D models you can preview in your room and export for printing.
Capture & Create · September 8, 2026
PlayCanvas Releases SuperSplat 3.0 for Editing Larger 3D Captures
The update brings smoother navigation through heavy scenes, a brush that follows 3D surfaces, and color adjustments for selected parts of a capture.
Apple Vision Pro · September 7, 2026
Apple Vision Pro Helps Astronauts Revisit Their Underwater Training
Apple is filming spacewalk practice in immersive video, giving astronauts and their support teams a way to review each session in 3D.
Capture & Create · September 6, 2026
Runway’s New AI Generates Worlds as You Play
GWM Worlds 2 makes AI-generated video interactive, creating each moment in response to your actions.
Capture & Create · September 4, 2026
Scenery Is Adding Gaussian Splats to Its App Across Apple Platforms
Scenery says the feature will arrive with the public releases of iOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27. Scripts can update hundreds of thousands of splats per frame.
YouTube VideoApple Vision Pro · September 2, 2026 · 8 min
Video: I Built a Measuring App for Apple Vision Pro
I built Spatial Size to measure and document the real world with Apple Vision Pro and Logitech Muse, then tested it against a tape measure.
Capture & Create · September 1, 2026
XGRIDS Turns Your iPhone Into a 3D Spatial Camera
The LCC Scan app builds explorable 3D scenes right on your iPhone, without a cloud upload or server queue.
Capture & Create · September 1, 2026
World Labs’ Atlas Combines World Creation, Capture, and Simulation
One model generates camera-controlled video, reconstructs explorable 3D scenes, and reframes motion captured with as few as three cameras.
August 2026
Capture & Create · August 28, 2026
Mosaic Launches Meridian 2 Mobile Mapping System for One-Person Crews
The roof-mounted rig combines a 91.2-megapixel 360-degree camera, 32-channel lidar, and survey-grade positioning, then packs into two small cases for travel.
Capture & Create · August 26, 2026
Surflo Turns Multiple Photos Into One Clean 3D Surface
The research model compresses unposed views into one fixed state, then decodes a point cloud or mesh at the resolution a creator needs.
Capture & Create · August 25, 2026
Apple Brings M6 to Mac mini and M5 Ultra to Mac Studio
Apple’s compact desktops add faster chips, more memory, and new ways to connect several Macs for demanding local AI work.
Apple Vision Pro · August 24, 2026
URSee Turns Apple Vision Pro Into a Live Immersive Camera Monitor
The visionOS app places a Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive feed inside a calibrated 3D dome, using direct wired capture or network streams from a Mac.
Capture & Create · August 21, 2026
AirVis Studio Creates Gaussian Splats Locally for Free
AirVis Studio processes photos, standard video, and 360 video into 3D scenes directly on Apple-silicon Macs and Windows PCs.
Capture & Create · August 21, 2026
NavVis Brings Walkable Gaussian Splats to Its Laser-Scanning Platform
IVION 12 lets MLX customers explore beta splat views in a browser, then measure the same scene against the underlying point cloud.
Capture & Create · August 20, 2026
4DAnyone Turns One Video Into a Moving 3D Person
The research system generates 16 synchronized views, then builds a free-viewpoint Gaussian-splat scene without a camera rig, known lens settings, or known camera positions.
YouTube VideoCapture & Create · August 18, 2026 · 29 min
Video: Why Apple and Insta360 Are Betting on Gaussian Splatting
Michael Rubloff explains how Gaussian splats could turn captured moments into places you can revisit.
Capture & Create · August 17, 2026
The NBA Is Experimenting With 4D Gaussian Splats
Peripheral Labs worked with the Raptors at NBA Summer League, showing how real basketball can become a free-moving 3D scene.
Capture & Create · August 17, 2026
360 Gaussian Pro Turns 360 Video Into 3D Splats Entirely on Your PC
The Windows app extracts, masks, aligns, and trains footage locally, with camera support ranging from Insta360 to DJI.
Capture & Create · August 17, 2026
CrossView Warp Turns One Video Angle Into a Camera Orbit
The open-source ComfyUI tool uses keyframes and AI to generate a new viewpoint while the action keeps moving.
Capture & Create · August 15, 2026
Michael Rubloff and 4DV.ai Made an 11-Minute Gaussian Splatting Video
The companion WebXR experience turns selected clips into moving places you can step inside.
Spatial Insider GuideApple Vision Pro · August 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Safari Lets You Drag 3D Models Into Your Space on Vision Pro
A USDZ file and one HTML element are enough to make a web model interactive, stereoscopic, and draggable at real size.
Capture & Create · August 12, 2026
Meshy 7 Is Now Available and Actually Pretty Impressive
We tested Meshy 7 with our own images. The detailed, fully rotatable results show how far image-to-3D generation has come.
Capture & Create · August 12, 2026
Intangible’s Browser-Based 3D Studio Gains Gaussian Splat Support
The update lets creators place scans of real places beside other 3D objects and move a camera through the scene.
Capture & Create · August 12, 2026
Insta360 X6 Now Available With 8K50 and Spatial Capture
The $699.99 camera adds larger sensors, 120MP photos, longer 8K recording, and an easier way to create Gaussian splats.
Apple Vision Pro · August 11, 2026
Grok Bot’s iOS App Runs on Apple Vision Pro
Grok Bot’s cloud agents can work across apps, learn routines, and keep going after you step away.
Capture & Create · August 11, 2026
Tencent’s WorldClaw Builds an Editable 3D World From One Prompt
AI agents plan the terrain, build separate textured objects, and use Blender to inspect and repair the finished scene.
Capture & Create · August 7, 2026
Insta360 X6 Will Turn 360 Recordings Into Gaussian Splats
The new Spatial Capture feature captures a place with the X6, then Insta360’s app turns the recording into an explorable 3D scene.
Apple Vision Pro · August 6, 2026
Mission Stratos takes Vision Pro 32 kilometers above Earth
The Arluma360 tour is built from footage captured with an 11K 360-degree camera during a 14-hour scientific balloon flight over Canada.
Spatial Insider GuideApple Vision Pro · August 5, 2026 · 13 min read
Build a Custom Environment for Your Website on Apple Vision Pro
Here’s how we made ours with visionOS 27.
July 2026
Apple Vision Pro · July 31, 2026
Apple Vision Pro let Jon Favreau preview Star Wars at IMAX scale
He and ILM’s John Knoll walked through virtual sets before construction and checked how each shot would fill the giant screen.
Apple Vision Pro · July 30, 2026
Apple Vision Pro can now take you inside the Tennessee Aquarium.
The new immersive film visits the aquarium’s animals and introduces the people working to protect water and wildlife across the Southeast.
Capture & Create · July 30, 2026
Google Earth can now reimagine any place with AI.
Create image starts with the map on screen. AI turns it into a new scene that you can edit and save.
Capture & Create · July 28, 2026
AI-powered visual positioning can find you from just one photo.
MultiSet matched an ordinary photo against a 3D scan of Austin. The visible scene led it back to the camera’s exact position.
Capture & Create · July 27, 2026
InSpatio turns one video into a moving 4D Gaussian scene.
The research preview creates new camera angles from one video clip, without a multi-camera setup.
Spatial Insider Hands-onApple Vision Pro · July 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Adobe Premiere now edits spatial video on Apple Vision Pro.
Premiere’s new visionOS app can combine flat and spatial clips, place titles in depth, and export a spatial video without leaving Vision Pro.
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