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ben_w • yesterday at 7:14 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Modern models can make nearly photorealistic games in threejs. So why do they struggle with these pelicans?

Are you sure they're not fetching free asset packs for that?


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simonw • today at 12:19 AM

Yes. I've been doing a bunch of 3D experiments with recent models, you can check the session logs and see if they've retrieved anything. They're building the 3D models directly in code.

I even built an environment that allows execution of Python code to render with Blender but allows no other interactions (including networking, I sandbox that off). They can create good 3D models just fine - here's a Faberge Egg by Gemini 4 Argon: https://tools.simonwillison.net/blender-viewer?url=https%3A%...