Generative AI · advanced · concept 175 of 311 · Updated Nov 4, 2026
3D Generation & NeRFs
Creating 3D objects and scenes from text or 2D images. Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) reconstruct 3D scenes from photos. Gaussian Splatting (2023) was a breakthrough for real-time 3D rendering and is now the standard approach.
Top AI contributors on this
- Ian GoodfellowFormerly Google DeepMind
- Alec RadfordIndependent / Thinking Machines Lab (adviser)
- Mira MuratiThinking Machines Lab
- Alexandr ZhavoronkovInsilico Medicine
- Shakir MohamedGoogle DeepMind
Key terms
NeRFGaussian splatting3D reconstructionPoint clouds
Learn these first
Videos
▶ NERFs (No, not that kind) - Neural Radiance Fields - Computerphile ↗
Computerphile · YouTube
▶ Generating 3D Models with Diffusion - Computerphile ↗
Computerphile · YouTube
Guides and articles
[2003.08934] NeRF: Representing Scenes as Neural Radiance Fields for View Synthesis ↗
arXiv (original NeRF paper)