Use case · Game development
For indie and small-team game developers shipping on Unity, Unreal Engine or Godot.
Quick answer
It turns the slowest part of building a world, modelling dozens of props and set pieces by hand, into describing or sketching each one. Vi3W generates textured, retopologised models from text, sketches or photos and exports glTF or FBX for Unity, Unreal Engine and Godot. Artists keep their time for the hero assets players remember.
What game development gets from Vi3W.
From a simple idea to a production-ready model, in four steps.
Start with a text prompt, a sketch or an image.
Vi3W creates a textured 3D model in seconds.
Adjust style, geometry, materials and LOD.
Export and import into your favourite tools.
Most levels start as grey boxes. Vi3W replaces the boxes one prop at a time: describe a "mossy stone well" or sketch the silhouette of a market stall, generate it in the browser, and export it straight into your engine. Because the models are retopologised and textured, they behave like any other asset: you can light them, collide with them and build LOD levels from them.
Consistency matters more than any single model. Keep prompts within one vocabulary, for example "hand-painted, chunky proportions, warm palette", or sketch every prop in the same hand, so assets read as one world. A sketch pins down silhouette and proportion better than a prompt, which makes sketch-to-3D the stronger choice when a designer already has concept art.
A solo developer cannot model 200 props. Generated assets let one person dress a whole game world, prototype a level before committing to its art direction, and spend real modelling time only where the camera lingers: the main character, the signature weapon, the key landmark. Clean topology means a generated prop can still be opened in Blender and adjusted rather than rebuilt.
Choose the right format for your workflow.
| Format | Best for | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GLB / glTF | Web, AR/VR, Godot, Three.js, Blender | Recommended. One file carries the mesh, UVs and PBR textures. |
| FBX | Unity, Unreal Engine, DCC pipelines | Widely supported. Unity imports it natively. |
| OBJ | Legacy tools, 3D printing prep | Mesh and UVs only. Its .mtl predates metallic and roughness maps. |
| USDZ | AR on iPhone and iPad (Quick Look) | Not a direct export. Convert the GLB in Blender or Reality Converter. |
Import Vi3W models into popular tools.
There is no single number: the budget depends on the platform, how many copies are on screen and how close the camera gets. Spend polygons on silhouettes, use normal maps for surface detail, and give anything seen from a distance LOD levels. Then profile on your target hardware, because draw calls, shaders and textures often cost more than triangles.
Placeholders let you test gameplay before you pay for art: scale, sightlines, pacing and readability. Grey boxes work, but placeholders with roughly the right shape and colour test more of the game. Generated models fill that gap cheaply, and the best ones can be refined into final assets rather than thrown away.
Mostly because of undisclosed use, inconsistent quality, and concern about how training data was sourced and about artists' jobs. Players react worst when AI content looks generic or is hidden. Using it openly, disclosing it where stores require, and keeping humans in charge of art direction and hero assets addresses most of those concerns.
Capabilities, integrations and terms for this workflow.
Game development
Free monthly credits. Export straight to Unity, Unreal or Godot.
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