NC AI debuts next-gen 3D model with top benchmark scores

NC AI, a Korean AI company spun off from NCSoft, released VARCO 3D 2.0, a next-generation 3D asset generation model that achieved top benchmark scores, including a 40.8% improvement on the Uni3D metric over its predecessor. The model outperformed open-source competitors like Trellis2 and Ultrashape, and will launch via SaaS in July.

NC AI, a Korean artificial intelligence AI company spun off from game developer NCSoft, has completed the development of VARCO 3D 2.0, the next generation of its 3D asset generation model, the company said Wednesday, claiming state-of-the-art performance on key global benchmarks. VARCO 3D is a generative AI service that converts images or text prompts into three-dimensional digital assets — objects used in games, films, product simulations and industrial design. The new 2.0 model will roll out through the company's software-as-a-service platform in July. NC AI said the 2.0 model scored 0.449 on the Uni3D metric, a standard measure of geometric similarity between a generated 3D object and its source image — a 40.8 percent improvement over the prior version's score of 0.319. The company said the result surpasses competing open-source models including Trellis2 0.436 , Ultrashape 0.428 and Hunyuan3D 2.1 0.427 . It also claimed top scores on CLIP-N and ULIP-2 evaluations. Key improvements in 2.0 center on shape fidelity — the degree to which a generated 3D model preserves the silh