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Roboticsr/roboticsPublished: Apr 20, 2026, 22:00 JST1 min read

Tencent's HY-World 2.0 eliminates quality loss in AI-generated 3D environments by outputting usable assets directly instead of converting from video.

3 Key Points

  1. HY-World 2.0 generates 3D assets (meshes, 3DGS) directly importable into Isaac Sim, Unity, and Unreal, bypassing the problematic video→3DGS→mesh conversion chain

  2. Previous approaches like Genie 3 and Cosmos output only pixel videos, while WorldLabs' Marble generated 3DGS but still suffered from poor mesh conversion and artifacts

  3. Direct 3D generation significantly reduces information loss and artifacts that plagued traditional conversion pipelines

  4. For robotics, this enables rapid generation of varied training environments and domain randomization, though handcrafted environments may still be superior for specific applications

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