Huawei launches native 3D lock screen wallpapers powered by on-device 3D Gaussian Splatting

@KIRI_Engine_App This is pretty cool. But surely not yet achievable for the layperson? Like isn't this a multi camera setup?

@bilawalsidhu the missing ecosystem for making content for the Sharp SH-06D from 2013 finally arrived... I loved that thing. sadly lots of bugs/instability, but a 3D launch app launcher is a 3D app launcher. and there was close to zeroooooh content for it. https://youtube.com/shorts/QnoduPAwCsQ?is=Uy1N-OhVuaJVfU30

Huawei's new 3D lock screen wallpaper is actually pretty interesting.

Unlike iPhone's Spatial Photo, which creates a fixed stereoscopic depth effect from a photo, this lets you scan an object 360°, generate a full 3D Gaussian Splatting asset, and use that as your lock screen. Tilt the phone and you're moving through a reconstructed 3D scene, not a fixed stereo image.

The part worth paying attention to: 3D capture moving out of creative pipelines and into everyday phone personalization. That's a different kind of adoption curve.

@KIRI_Engine_App @Grok which phone is this?

@andrewpprice Not a multi-camera setup. The idea is closer to scanning the object with a phone from multiple angles, then reconstructing it into a 3D Gaussian Splatting asset for the lock screen.

@andrewpprice You basically walk around the subject for a short scan, usually around 1–2 minutes depending on the scene.

For people, it’s kind of like asking them to hold a pose while you capture different angles. They don’t have to be perfectly still, but the less movement the better.

@KIRI_Engine_App Oh. That's pretty cool! How long would it take to scan this? And I assume they have to be perfectly still?

@KIRI_Engine_App I guess all the criticism of “that photo was never taken” doesn’t apply to them

@KIRI_Engine_App Does anyone want to discuss why this creep has a bunch of school children as his backdrop like that? Do we need to introduce him to chippy?

@biotrue35 @grok Pura 90

@KIRI_Engine_App In Asia they will love this upskirt feature

@KIRI_Engine_App SPLATS are the future!

@KIRI_Engine_App AI can develop as fast , everything is possible what you can imagine

@KIRI_Engine_App I love when the CPU/GPU load peaks at 100% because the lockscreen renders a 3D Image every time I switch on my phone.

@KIRI_Engine_App its not the same if you scan it 360 idiot

@KIRI_Engine_App It's great, except I don't like the delay it has

@KIRI_Engine_App I swear to God if Apple does not take advantage of GSplat it's the last thing they had the advantage on, like freaking Podcasts...¡

It's a Huawei phone (likely Pura 90 series or similar flagship) running their new 3D Image Wallpaper feature on HarmonyOS. It uses spatial depth so the lock screen reacts as you tilt/move the device — different from iPhone's fixed Spatial Photos. The video shows it in action with a photo-based 3D effect.

@KIRI_Engine_App @grok Any advantage with KIRI Engine?

@bilawalsidhu Lol