Turn Photos into 3D Worlds with AI 🤖

Step Inside a Single Photo in 3D

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Samantha Vale
September 04, 2025

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Hey there, Tech Trailblazers! 🤖✨

In this issue, a new AI model turns a single photo into a 3D scene that you can explore. You can move through the image as if a camera is moving inside it. Short walkthroughs connect to more extended sequences. Early demos suggest a game-like, immersive experience.

Let’s start with the main takeaways.

📰 Upcoming in this issue

  • 🌌 New AI Turns Photos Into Explorable 3D Worlds

  • 🎥 Captions Rebrands As Mirage, Bets Big On AI Video

  • 🤖 HubSpot’s AI Playbook Puts Trust Over Clicks

🌌 New AI Turns Photos Into Explorable 3D Worlds

From a single image, the model generates an explorable scene that feels three-dimensional. While not true 3D, it produces short, spatially consistent clips that can be stitched into more extended sequences.

Key Takeaways:

  • 🧠 Single Photo to Scene: From one photo, the model infers depth and hidden surfaces, creating camera moves that preserve spatial consistency.

  • 🎥 Not True Meshes: It outputs 2D frames with parallax, not complete 3D meshes, yet movement feels like a believable flythrough.

  • ⏱️ Short Clips, Chainable: Each generation yields only seconds of video, but sequences chain together to build longer walkthroughs.

  • 🧪 Early Uses and Limits: Early uses span game prototyping, virtual tours, and cinematic b-roll, though occlusions and fine details still cause artifacts.

🎥 Captions Rebrands As Mirage, Bets Big On AI Video

The viral editing app is rebranding as Mirage, expanding beyond creator tools into AI-driven video research. Early demos indicate a shift toward text-to-video and agentic workflows.

Key Takeaways:

  • 🔁 New Name, Bigger Ambition: Captions Becomes Mirage, Unifying the App and Research Under a Single Brand Focused on Generative Video.

  • 🧠 From Tools To Models: The team invests in core AI video capabilities, including text prompts, style controls, and automatic editing assistants.

  • 🧰 Creator and Enterprise Paths: The roadmap encompasses mobile creators and studios, featuring APIs and professional features that integrate seamlessly with existing workflows.

  • 🌟 Why It Matters: The shift signals consolidation in AI video, as app makers evolve into model builders to control speed, quality, and IP.

🤖 HubSpot’s AI Playbook Puts Trust Over Clicks

At Inbound 2025, HubSpot unveiled “The Loop,” an AI framework with 200 new features for human-AI teams. With 60% of Google searches now zero-click, HubSpot argues that trust matters more than traffic.

Key Takeaways:

  • 🧭 Loop Framework: The Loop guides teams through Express, Tailor, Amplify, and Evolve, turning style guides and intent mapping into consistent, AEO-ready content.

  • 🔎 Beyond SEO: HubSpot suggests that buyers start off-site, diversify channels, and refresh content for LLMs, as AI overviews drive zero-click behavior.

  • 🤖 Breeze Agents: More than 15 Breeze agents assist marketing, sales, and service, analyzing CRM, emails, calls, and documents to answer questions and speed work.

  • 📈 Measure and Learn: A scorecard tracks visibility and engagement, teams iterate continuously, treat AI as a teammate, and win by learning, not one-off launches.

Why It Matters

Converting 2D images into navigable worlds reduces the cost and time required to build environments, enabling practical workflows for games, film, real estate, and education. As models evolve toward more realistic 3D outputs, expect a surge of interactive experiences built from everyday photos.

Until our next issue,

Samantha Vale
Editor-in-Chief
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