# SAM 3D

5 Hacker News commenters recommended SAM 3D and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for turning photos into 3D models, with praise for clean masks, object geometry and handling of occlusion. No critical comments were found.

## Why people recommend it

- Creates 3D models from photos (1 comments): "a truly amazing version that can create 3D models posing like the people in a photo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183248))
- Best object 3D model results (1 comments): "their straight object 3D model is by far the best I've played with" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46046069))
- Clean masks improve downstream geometry (1 comments): "Clean masks give Uni3C better geometry for the next stage." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46098344))
- Handles occlusion well (1 comments): "it seems to handle occlusion very well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985004))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TRELLIS.2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/trellis-2.md): 27 recommend
- [Meshy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meshy.md): 13 recommend
- [Hunyuan3D](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hunyuan3d.md): 6 recommend
- [Tripo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tripo.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SAM 3D", https://hackerapproved.com/p/meta-sam-3d/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).