{"slug": "spaitial-launches-echo-3-to-turn-iphone-scans-into-metric-scale-3d-worlds", "title": "SpAItial launches Echo-3 to turn iPhone scans into metric-scale 3D worlds", "summary": "SpAItial launched Echo-3 on October 27th, a model that converts iPhone video captures into explorable 3D reconstructions measured at real-world scale, CEO Matthias Niessner announced in a company blog post and an X thread. The companion capture app is available for iPhone, and SpAItial is also offering an enterprise API for companies integrating the reconstruction into their products and workflows, with a free first month. SpAItial's commercial case rests on delivering useful, real-scale geometry from ordinary phone recordings, while customers also need to weigh the service's scan-data terms.", "body_md": "# SpAItial launches Echo-3 to turn iPhone scans into metric-scale 3D worlds\n\n**The iOS app reconstructs spaces as explorable Gaussian splats; SpAItial is also offering enterprise API access and a free first month.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [x.com](https://x.com/SpAItial_AI/status/2115081138415051124)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nEcho-3 puts SpAItial's 3D-world research into an iPhone capture app and an enterprise API. Its commercial case rests on delivering useful, real-scale geometry from ordinary phone recordings, while customers also need to weigh the service's scan-data terms.\n\n[SpAItial](https://spaitial.ai) launched Echo-3 on October 27th, a model that turns iPhone video captures into explorable 3D reconstructions measured at real-world scale. CEO [Matthias Niessner (@MattNiessner)](https://x.com/MattNiessner) announced the product in a [company blog post](https://spaitial.ai/blog/echo-3-release) and a [thread on X](https://x.com/SpAItial_AI/status/2115081138415051124). The companion capture app is available for iPhone, with an enterprise API also offered for companies integrating reconstruction into their products and workflows.…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spaitial-launches-echo-3-to-turn-iphone-scans-into-metric-scale-3d-worlds", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/spaitial-echo-3-iphone-3d-world-capture", "published_at": "2026-10-27 17:20:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-27 20:43:27.773672+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["computer-vision", "ai-products", "ai-startups", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["SpAItial", "Echo-3", "Matthias Niessner", "iPhone"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spaitial-launches-echo-3-to-turn-iphone-scans-into-metric-scale-3d-worlds", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spaitial-launches-echo-3-to-turn-iphone-scans-into-metric-scale-3d-worlds.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spaitial-launches-echo-3-to-turn-iphone-scans-into-metric-scale-3d-worlds.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spaitial-launches-echo-3-to-turn-iphone-scans-into-metric-scale-3d-worlds.jsonld"}}