# Is Echo-3 SOTA?

Pending benchmarks. Announced Oct 27, 2026; no independent results yet.

As of Oct 29, 2026, Echo-3 is pending benchmarks on isitsota: announced Oct 27, 2026, with no independent results on the boards we track yet.

SpAItial's physically grounded world model that turns iPhone captures into metric-scale 3D environments, filling in regions the capture missed.

Canonical: https://isitsota.com/m/echo-3
Last updated: 2026-10-27
Tracking since: 2026-10-27

## Announced facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Lab | SpAItial |
| Announced | Oct 27, 2026 |
| API | Waitlist |
| Open weights | Closed · None released |
| Input | Phone video capture (iPhone app; Android announced as coming soon) |
| Output | Metric-scale 3D scene (Gaussian splats), with point clouds, meshes and an auto-generated floorplan |
| Method | Reconstruction as conditional generation: completes areas the capture missed |
| Access | SpAItial iOS app by subscription (first month free); enterprise API by contact |
| App plans | Standard: 25 capture minutes a month; Pro: 50 |
| API pricing | 300 credits per capture minute, 900-credit (180 s) minimum |
| Paper | None published |

Tags marked unsure are not stated on the lab's own pages.

## What would let us call it

Verdicts use only independent boards we already track. Two consecutive snapshots are required before any crown.

- [x] Publicly announced with a source
- [ ] Usable by the public (API or weights)
- [ ] Listed on an independent board we track
- [ ] Enough results for a rank in a category
- [ ] Holds across two snapshots (crowns only)

## What the lab claims

Self-reported. Shown for context; not used in any verdict.

- Lab claim: sharp surfaces with no visible floaters in a side-by-side capture against Polycam, KIRI Engine and Niantic Scaniverse.

## Sources

- LAB: [Introducing Echo-3 and the SpAItial app (SpAItial blog)](https://spaitial.ai/blog/echo-3-release) (2026-10-27)
- LAB: [SpAItial on X: Echo-3 launch](https://x.com/SpAItial_AI/status/2115081138415051124) (2026-10-27)
- LAB: [Matthias Niessner (SpAItial co-founder) on X](https://x.com/MattNiessner/status/2115081248754282844) (2026-10-27)
- LAB: [SpAItial API docs](https://docs.spaitial.ai/llms-full.txt)

Tracking ends Jan 25, 2027 unless the API or weights become available.

## Related

- Lab: [SpAItial](https://isitsota.com/labs/spaitial.md)
- All pending releases: https://isitsota.com/releases.md
- JSON: https://api.isitsota.com/v1/models/echo-3