Manycore Tech Open-Sources 1 Billion-Splat Aholo Viewer to Push 3D Internet
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Updated · The Manila Times · May 26
Manycore Tech Open-Sources 1 Billion-Splat Aholo Viewer to Push 3D Internet
3 articles · Updated · The Manila Times · May 26
Aholo Viewer now lets users explore city-scale 3D scenes of more than 1 billion Gaussian splats directly in a web browser, with no client installation and support for smartphones, PCs and VR devices.
A streamable level-of-detail architecture is designed to deliver those environments across hardware as smoothly as video, which Manycore says improves rendering speed, fluidity and memory efficiency.
The 1 billion-splat capacity compares with more than 100 million splats streamed by Fei-Fei Li's open-source Spark 2.0 engine on consumer devices, marking a tenfold increase in browser-scale handling.
Manycore also opened APIs for spatial reconstruction, cloud rendering and AI-driven 3D model generation, aiming to turn 3D scenes from viewable content into editable assets for tourism, filmmaking and games.
The company casts the release as core infrastructure for a broader 3D internet, arguing wider access to spatial data could also improve training data for embodied AI and robotics.
How will Manycore monetize the '3D internet' after open-sourcing its core viewing technology?
How will a web of 3D spaces, not 2D pages, change our perception of digital reality?
If AI masters spatial intelligence with this data, what is the next frontier for robotics?
Building the 3D Internet: Aholo Viewer’s Open-Source Release and Manycore’s 500 Million Scene Data Advantage
Overview
The open-sourcing of Manycore Tech's Aholo Viewer marks a pivotal moment in online interaction, ushering in the era of the '3D Internet.' With high-performance 3D browsers like Aholo, users can now effortlessly explore immersive digital environments and step into real or virtual spaces with a single link. This breakthrough reduces barriers to 3D content distribution and accessibility, making the experience as easy as scrolling through short-form videos. By transforming how people engage with digital worlds, Aholo Viewer is set to become the primary gateway for mainstream users to interact with 3D content, fundamentally changing our digital experience.