A team has created an application called PartCrafter that creates 3D models, in single or multiple parts, using AI based on 2D images for input.

Unique3D predicts the shape of a subject from a photo taken from one direction by applying a 2D diffusion model, and can generate a 3D mesh model relatively quickly.

Turning still 2D photos into 3D rendered mesh models is not a quick or particularly easy task, but perhaps not for long.

“If traditional 3D representations like polygonal meshes are akin to vector images, NeRFs are like bitmap images: they densely capture the way light radiates from an object or within a scene.

Min Yang, MULTISTEP FINITE VOLUME APPROXIMATIONS TO THE TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ON GENERAL 2D OR 3D MESHES, Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 25, No. 4 (July 2007), pp.

Magic3D can also perform prompt-based editing of 3D meshes. Given a low-resolution 3D model and a base prompt, it is possible to alter the text to change the resulting model.