The technique could be used to create 3D content for virtual reality and augmented reality by simply using standard 2D photos. File photo of Karthik Ramani, professor at Purdue University.

Even with a 3D model created from one image, it actually takes a lot of pictures from various directions and has a finish that is comparable to a movie composed of multiple image data.

OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT for chat AI and Whisper for speech recognition AI, announced 3D model creation AI 'Shap-E' in May 2023. Shap-E is developed as an open source and can be used by ...