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AI 3D World Generator: Turn Text or a Photo into a 3D World

Describe a place, or start from a photo, and get an explorable 3D world made of gaussian splats. Walk through it or orbit around it on the page, on a computer or a phone, then download it as SPZ or PLY for Blender, game engines and splat viewers. AI 3D World Generator comes with Pro.

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0 / 1,000 characters

Optional: a JPG, PNG or WebP photo up to 8 MB, or a 360° panorama. With a photo, the description is optional and steers what's out of view.

Don't ask for sexual content, real people without their consent, hateful or violent content, or anything illegal; requests like these are refused. Your description and photo go to our generation provider only to make the world; we delete our copy once it's made, and the world is available for 1 hour.

Why use the AI 3D World Generator

Text or a photo
Describe a place in words, or start from a photo or panorama and let the world grow around it.
Explore it on the page
Walk through the world or orbit around it with a mouse, keys or touch, on a computer or a phone.
SPZ or PLY download
Take the gaussian splats into SuperSplat, Blender, Unity, Unreal or three.js, at the detail you choose.
Files deleted for you
Your file is deleted as soon as it's processed, and your result is kept for 1 hour before it's deleted too.
Works on any device
Runs in your browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone. No app needed.
Big files welcome
Files up to 12 MB.

Who it's for

Game and level ideas
Sketch a level, a hub or a backdrop in a sentence, walk through it, and take the splats into Unity, Unreal or Godot as a starting point.
Scenes for films and previz
Filmmakers and animators can scout an imagined location from every angle before building it, and frame shots inside it.
Photos you can step into
Turn a travel photo or a painting into a small world you can look around in, and share the file with friends.
Virtual tours and VR
Make a room, a shop or a fantasy landscape to explore, then open the SPZ or PLY in a splat viewer or a VR headset.

How AI 3D World Generator compares

Blockade Labs Skybox
Skybox makes 360-degree panoramas you look around from one spot. This page makes a world you can walk into and around, and download as splats.
Luma AI
Luma captures real places as splats from your own video. This page imagines a new place from a description or a single photo instead.

How to use the AI 3D World Generator

  1. Describe the place in up to 1,000 characters, or choose a photo to build the world around (you can add a description to guide it).
  2. Pick the Quality (Draft, Standard or Premium), the Detail and the file type, SPZ or PLY.
  3. Click Create world. Draft worlds take a minute or two; Standard and Premium about five minutes.
  4. Walk through the world or orbit around it right on the page, then click Download world to save the file.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need Pro to make worlds?
Yes. Every world is made by an outside 3D world service, so there are no free tries: AI 3D World Generator comes with Pro, and each world uses credits from your plan.
What is a gaussian splat world?
Instead of triangles and textures, the world is millions of tiny soft, coloured blobs (splats) that together look like a photo from every angle. It's the format used for 3D scans and radiance fields, and it looks far more real than a quick mesh.
What's the difference between Draft, Standard and Premium?
Draft is quick and uses few credits, good for testing an idea. Standard makes a detailed world you can explore in every direction. Premium spends more effort on detail and consistency and uses the most credits. You see the credits next to the Create world button before you start, and Premium is settled to what the world actually cost, never more than was held.
SPZ or PLY: which file should I choose?
SPZ is about ten times smaller and opens in most splat viewers and three.js. PLY is the classic gaussian splat format that editors such as SuperSplat, Blender add-ons, Unity and Unreal plug-ins read. Full detail is only offered as SPZ, because a full-detail PLY would be several hundred megabytes.
What does Detail change?
How many splats the file has: Light is about 100,000, Standard about 500,000 and Full every splat the service made. Light and Standard load fast and run smoothly on phones; Full looks sharpest on a computer. Detail doesn't change the credits.
How do I move around the world?
In Walk, drag to look around and use W, A, S, D or the arrow keys to move; on a phone, drag with one finger to look, two fingers to slide and press and hold to move forward. In Orbit, drag to turn around the world, scroll or pinch to zoom and right-drag or two fingers to pan. Reset view puts you back where the world starts.
Can I start from my own photo?
Yes. Choose a JPG, PNG or WebP photo up to 8 MB and the world is built outward from it; a 360-degree panorama works too. Add a description if you want to steer what's out of view.
How do I get a better world?
Describe one place: the setting, the style, the light and what's around you, for example "a mossy stone courtyard with a fountain, late afternoon sun, overgrown archways on every side". Places work better than single objects or people.
What can't I make?
Sexual content, real people without their consent, hateful or violent content, and anything illegal. Requests like these are refused, with a message asking you to change the description or photo.
What happens to my description, photo and world?
Your description and photo are sent to our 3D world provider only to make the world; we delete our copy once it's made. The provider keeps the world privately on its servers (it isn't listed or shared) and may use requests to improve its service, as its terms describe (see our privacy policy). The file is available to download for 1 hour, then it's deleted. On Pro, your files and results are kept in My files until you delete them.
Is the AI 3D World Generator free?
It's a pro tool, included with Pro at $9.99 a month. Every free tool stays free.