Show HN: Run TRELLIS.2 Image-to-3D generation natively on Apple Silicon
Category: ai-ml
Tags: computer-vision, 3d-generation, apple-silicon, pytorch, model-porting
Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 9, Utility: 6)
This project ports Microsoft's state-of-the-art TRELLIS.2 image-to-3D model from CUDA to Apple Silicon via PyTorch MPS, enabling high-quality 3D mesh generation on Macs without NVIDIA GPUs. It's technically impressive for reimplementing core CUDA components like sparse 3D convolution and mesh extraction in pure Python/PyTorch to overcome platform limitations.
Target audience: ai researchers, 3d artists, mac developers
Repository: https://github.com/shivampkumar/trellis-mac · Python · MIT · 319 stars
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