- Partnership combines panoramic imaging hardware with cloud-based spatial reconstruction algorithms
- Companies target applications ranging from digital twins to cultural preservation and spatial design
Hangzhou’s spatial intelligence company Manycore Tech (群核科技) and action camera titan Insta360 (影石创新) announced a strategic partnership on May 18 to develop new spatial reconstruction tools combining panoramic imaging hardware with AI-driven 3D modeling technology.
The collaboration will integrate Insta360’s 360-degree cameras and aerial imaging devices with Manycore Tech’s 3D Gaussian Splatting, or 3DGS, reconstruction technology, aiming to simplify the creation of high-fidelity digital spaces for both consumers and enterprise users.
Under the partnership, users can capture 360-degree footage using Insta360 cameras or panoramic drones and upload the data directly to Manycore Tech’s Aholo platform.
Cloud-based algorithms then generate centimeter-level 3D reconstructions, with the companies claiming processing times as short as 10 minutes from a one-minute video input.
The reconstructed environments retain textures, lighting and material details from physical spaces and support immersive virtual navigation.
The companies said they plan to target sectors including spatial design, tourism, cultural heritage preservation, industrial digital twins, film production and gaming.
In one example, panoramic cameras could be used to rapidly digitize museums or historical sites, creating interactive online archives and virtual experiences.
Jason Jia, co-founder and chief technology officer of Insta360, said the partnership combines hardware-based spatial data capture with advanced reconstruction algorithms to provide “end-to-end capabilities from real-world data collection to high-fidelity digital space generation.”
Chen Hang, co-founder and CEO of Manycore Tech, said the partnership would help bring 3D reconstruction and spatial understanding technologies into more real-world environments.
“The 3D era is accelerating,” Chen said. “This collaboration can lower the barrier to 3D content creation and accelerate the digitization of the physical world.”
Insta360 has focused on panoramic and action cameras and has led the global panoramic camera market for eight consecutive years, according to the company.
Manycore Tech, meanwhile, has been expanding its spatial computing capabilities across reconstruction, editing and scene understanding technologies.
In 2025, it launched the Aholo spatial intelligence platform, designed to generate 3D environments from images, video and panoramic inputs.
The companies said they plan to further optimize reconstruction algorithms, improve hardware-software integration and expand the technology into additional industrial and consumer use cases.
