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Pixal3D model ported to Apple Silicon Macs

A developer has successfully ported the Pixal3D model, which generates 3D models from single images, to run on Apple Silicon Macs. This effort addresses the limitation of the original model being CUDA-only, making it accessible to Mac users. The port aims to allow more users to experiment with and utilize the Pixal3D model. AI

IMPACT Enables wider accessibility of a 3D generation model for Mac users.

RANK_REASON Porting an existing model to a new platform is a tool-level improvement.

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Pixal3D model ported to Apple Silicon Macs

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  1. r/StableDiffusion TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Mazur92 ·

    I ported Pixal3D to Apple Silicon

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello.</p> <p>One thing I don't like is when new cool models do not have an option to run them on Macs. So this time I took matter into my own hands and here's the result.</p> <p>Pixal3D is a new open-weights model from Tencent ARC that is able t…