For those who don’t know the tool: Kiri Engine is a photogrammetry app for iOS, Android, and web, built by Kiri Innovations. It processes 3D captures into textured meshes, often used in VFX, games, and AR. The firm now adds produce to its growing scan library.

A produce aisle for 3D artists

Kiri Innovations has released a new asset collection featuring over 140 3D-scanned fruits and vegetables. The pack contains 141 individual models captured using photogrammetry, sourced from users of the Kiri Engine mobile and web app. The assets include both common produce such as apples, bananas, and tomatoes, and less typical items such as mangosteens, lychees, and dragonfruit. Each model comes with production-ready geometry that has been retopologised and UV unwrapped. The data is supplied in both FBX and native Blender formats, making the pack directly usable across most 3D content creation tools.

Properly textured and LOD-ready

Every scan includes PBR (physically based rendering) texture sets with colour, normal, ambient occlusion, roughness, and height maps. Texture resolutions reach up to 4K, and the files are provided in JPEG, PNG, and EXR formats for compatibility across different render pipelines. Three levels of detail (LOD) are provided per model, simplifying the use of these assets in realtime engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity. No additional setup appears to be required.

Commercial use without restriction

All 141 assets are distributed under a CC0 licence. This places them in the public domain, allowing full commercial use with no attribution or licensing restrictions. Downloads are available via the Kiri Engine Web platform. A free user account is required to access the pack.

Production reality check

While the scans appear clean and the assets are retopologised, Kiri does not specify polygon counts or per-asset texture resolutions. Artists should test the files in their preferred DCCs before using them in a live production pipeline. File size and compatibility can vary across applications. This release continues Kiri’s ongoing effort to promote user-generated 3D scan sharing and expand its public library. The company positions these assets as examples of the quality achievable with its mobile scanning technology. New tools and content packs like these should always be tested in production environments before use to confirm performance, scale accuracy, and shading consistency.

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KIRI Innovations has shipped KIRI Engine 4.0, a major update to its mobile 3D scanning app for Android and iOS. The release focuses on faster photogrammetry, higher capture limits, AI-based texture generation, and new freedoms for Basic users.

Faster photogrammetry, cleaner meshes

Photo Scan mode now processes data in about two minutes per scan, compared to nearly ten in earlier versions. The update also improves handling of low-texture surfaces, producing more stable reconstructions with fewer artefacts.

Augmented reality for capture coverage

A new AR mode projects captured camera positions into 3D space, allowing users to spot gaps in coverage and reshoot missing angles. This aims to reduce reconstruction errors caused by incomplete data.

Raised photo upload limits

The app now supports larger capture sets. Basic users can upload up to 150 photos per scan (up from 100), while Pro subscribers can use up to 500 photos (previously 300). This should improve detail and accuracy in complex object scans.

Unlimited exports for everyone

The former cap of three exports per week for Basic accounts has been removed. All users can now export an unlimited number of scans in standard formats including OBJ, FBX, STL, GLB, glTF, USDZ, PLY, and XYZ. This change affects both photogrammetry and LiDAR workflows.

AI-powered PBR material capture

Version 4.0 introduces an AI-driven physically based rendering (PBR) algorithm, built on a diffusion model. According to KIRI Innovations, this generates more realistic and consistent material textures directly from scanned data, reducing the need for manual texturing.

On-device full-resolution previews

The app now supports full-resolution model previews on mobile devices, enabled by a new compression method. Users can toggle textures on and off to inspect raw geometry, addressing a long-standing limitation of mobile-based workflows.

Pricing and availability

KIRI Engine remains free to download. Pro accounts cost US $17.99/month or US $79.99/year, unlocking higher photo limits and features such as 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS). Version 4.0 is available now for Android 7.0+ and iOS/iPadOS 15.0+ devices.

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Final Note

The new release removes significant bottlenecks in KIRI Engine’s free tier while introducing AI-driven texture tools for Pro users. As always, readers should verify output quality and workflow compatibility in test projects before adopting the tool for production.

The post Faster, wider, cleaner: KIRI Engine 4.0 drops mobile scan limits first appeared on DIGITAL PRODUCTION and was written by Bela Beier.