Research & Insights
Updates and news from the World Labs team.
March 3, 2026 World Labs team
3D as code
Text became the universal interface for software; 3D is becoming the universal interface for space. It’s the medium that allows humans and AI systems to generate, edit, simulate, and share worlds together.
January 21, 2026 World Labs team
Announcing the World API
A public API for generating explorable 3D worlds from text, images, and video — bringing Marble's world modeling capabilities into your applications.
November 12, 2025 World Labs team
Marble: A Multimodal World Model
Marble, our frontier multimodal world model, is available to everyone starting today
November 10, 2025 Dr. Fei-Fei Li
From Words to Worlds: Spatial Intelligence is AI’s Next Frontier
A manifesto piece explaining what spatial intelligence is, why it matters, and how we’re building the world models that will unlock it—with impact that will reshape creativity, embodied intelligence, and human progress.
October 16, 2025 World Labs team
RTFM: A Real-Time Frame Model
A research preview of RTFM, a new generative world model that generates video in real-time as you interact with it.
September 16, 2025 World Labs team
Generating Bigger and Better Worlds
Announcing our latest breakthrough in 3D world generation with larger, more detailed environments and improved fidelity.
December 2, 2024 World Labs team
Generating Worlds
Sharing our early progress toward persistent, navigable 3D worlds you can explore in your browser.
News
February 18, 2026 World Labs team
World Labs Announces New Funding
An update on our vision for spatial intelligence in 2026.
October 28, 2025 Christoph Lassner
Content 3.0 in the GenAI Era
Christoph Lassner on how generative AI leads to a new medium with dynamically evolving characters and worlds-and what this means for storytelling and the future of digital content.
September 20, 2024 World Labs team
A New Frontier
A look at the next frontier of AI—spatial, world‑model‑driven experiences—and what they enable for creators and developers.
May 16, 2024 Fei‑Fei Li
With Spatial Intelligence, AI Will Understand the Real World
Fei‑Fei Li describes how “spatial intelligence” — AI that perceives, reasons about and acts within 3D space — will let machines truly understand and interact with our physical world.