Kaedim – API for 3D User Generated Content
Hi HN, I am Konstantina from Kaedim (https://www.kaedim.com). Kaedim is using ML to transform 2D art, sketches or photos into 3D content. We make it easy to integrate 3D User Generated Content in game or metaverses, with our API. Creating digital 3D objects is getting increasingly difficult and expensive. There is a very limited supply of people who are good 3D artists, and the cost of training one is very big. It usually involves years of learning difficult 3D software. However, more and more of the digital experiences around us are turning into 3D. I needed this product myself.…
In plain words
Kaedim is an API that uses machine learning to convert 2D artwork, sketches, and photos into 3D content for integration into games and metaverse platforms. It is designed for developers and creators who need 3D user-generated content but lack access to specialized 3D artists. The service addresses the scarcity and expense of traditional 3D modeling by automating the conversion process from 2D inputs.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, I am Konstantina from Kaedim (https://www.kaedim.com). Kaedim is using ML to transform 2D art, sketches or photos into 3D content. We make it easy to integrate 3D User Generated Content in game or metaverses, with our API. Creating digital 3D objects is getting increasingly difficult and expensive. There is a very limited supply of people who are good 3D artists, and the cost of training one is very big. It usually involves years of learning difficult 3D software. However, more and more of the digital experiences around us are turning into 3D. I needed this product myself. The idea for Kaedim was born from a personal frustration when, 2 years ago, I was working on a project for re-creating a cathedral in 3D software for my university degree. Before being hands-on, the concept seemed straightforward to me, “the same way you draw on a piece of paper, you can also draw in 3D, how hard can it be?”. The reality shocked me. Having completely underestimated the task I found myself needing hours to model each 3D object (chairs, tables, walls) using really complicated and steep learning curve 3D software. Every time I wanted to model something new I had to start from a cube and do all the necessary operations on it to achieve the desired shape. Over and over again. Moreover, there were many times when I would bin my creations and start from scratch for better luck. The reality with 3D modelling software is that it’s almost always easier to start from scratch than to try and fix a modelled object. After my personal experience of the problem, I started thinking about game devs. “Game developers have this problem at scale, they need to build whole 3D worlds with millions of objects. How do they do it?”. So we started talking to them. Only to discover, there is no secret. 3D asset production is a big bottleneck for them too. There is a very limited supply of people who are really good 3D artists, and the cost of training one is very big. It usually involves years of training on difficult 3D software. Our solution is an ML algorithm that creates 3D models out of 2D images. We are constantly training on more and more data points to improve the accuracy and we have added a Quality Control step to always guarantee a standard level of quality. We then use the QC results to train our algorithms further. Artists and game devs have used Kaedim so far to quickly prototype, create and iterate their 3D art, in a cost effective way. However, talking to a lot of game developers, we realised something key. For the same reason games like Minecraft and Roblox are very popular, more and more people want the opportunity to customise and contribute 3D content inside their favourite games/metaverses. This is why we created the Kaedim API. Within your app, enable your players to upload their 2D inspiration and easily create their own 3D content for customising and populating the game. Kaedim API Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k976GJWQrKw Documentation: https://app.archbee.io/public/m370vHO-M7WGXJQLRlIte/AU-DhH6mX0e1sb_FRXH3i#lk-useful-links For signup and more information about onboardings get in touch with us here Discord Server: https://discord.gg/4wN8NSUr Thanks a lot for reading this! We are adding more and more features over time and would love to hear your feedback and ideas on what you’d like to see from the API. If you have any cool app ideas that can be built by using Kaedim, drop them in the comments!
More dev tools this month
the category →
Open-source GTM skills for technical founders
Dev tools · 29d ago · gtmcofounder.com
OpenTrailPaper is open-source bike computer firmware for the LilyGO T5S3 4.7" E-Paper PRO. It supports offline maps, GPX routes, FIT recording and Bluetooth sensors.
Dev tools · 1d ago · opentrailpaper.com
Launched alongside, March 2022
the whole month →- IM
Hi HN! I made many small web games in the past with Unity or Phaser. But this time I wanted to make something completely on my own. So I coded a basic game framework in plain JavaScript, and used it to make Almost Pong. This was a really fun project that taught me a lot about JavaScript, and I plan to make more minimalist games with this framework. Interesting fact: Almost Pong doesn't load any assets, all sprites and sounds are generated with code. Happy to answer questions, and please let me know if you have any feedback on the game. Thanks!
Dev tools · 2022 · lessmilk.com
- IM
Life & fun · 2022 · networksfromscratch.com
- HA
Paste the following into the console of any HN page - for annotated avatars on all HN comments. (self contained code) for(u of document.querySelectorAll('.hnuser'))for(u.prepend(c=document.createElement('canvas')),x=c.getContext('2d'),c.width=18,c.height=14,s=u.innerText,r=1,i=28+s.length;i--;i>>29>X*X/3+Y/2&&x.fillRect(6+2*X,2*Y,2,2)&x.fillRect(6-2*X,2*Y,2,2):r+=s.charCodeAt(i-28,x.fillStyle='#'+(r>>8&0xFFFFFF).toString(16)))r^=r>>17,r^=r>2
Dev tools · 2022
- AG
Life & fun · 2022 · backofyourhand.com