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Hi3D V1.0 Goes Open Source, Tops Image-to-3D Eval

Hi3D, formerly Sparc3D, released V1.0 open-source with weights on GitHub and Hugging Face. A follow-up eval found it beating eight competitors in 83.5% of 562 image-to-3D comparisons.

2026-10-26 ~ 2026-10-27 · 2 episodes · 4 posts

Episode 1 · Hi3D V1.0 Open-Sourced: High-Resolution 3D Refinement Model with 4x Training Data (2026-10-26, 2 posts)

Hi3D (formerly Sparc3D) has released and open-sourced V1.0 on GitHub and Hugging Face. The high-resolution 3D geometry refinement model quadrupled its training assets from 500K to about 2 million, achieving a 90% slicing success rate.

Episode 2 · Hi3D Beats Eight Rivals in 83.5% of 562 Image-to-3D Comparisons (2026-10-27, 2 posts)

A review thread found Hi3D v1.0 beat eight competing image-to-3D models in 83.5% of 562 comparisons. The review also argued evaluations should check the back and bottom of generated meshes, not just the input view.