New in Cesium ion: Create 3D reality models from photos and AI-enabled analysis

At the 2025 Cesium Developer Conference, we demonstrated two powerful new Cesium ion capabilities now available to all users as a tech preview: reconstructing 3D reality models from photos and running AI-powered reality analysis.

If you haven’t already experimented with these features, please read more in our latest blog post and give them a try!

Either way, please let us know what you think in the comments below.

Lisa Bos,
Cesium ion Product Manager


A Gaussian splats tileset of a bridge reconstructed by Cesium ion from 141 photos, using 3D Tiles draft extension.


A point cloud of a section of railroad after analysis with Cesium ion’s railroad detector.