KIRI Engine

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KIRI Engine is a mobile and web 3D scanning platform that also ships a free GPL-2.0 Gaussian splat add-on for Blender.

Location

Shenzhen, China

Platform

iOS, Android and web, plus the 3DGS Render add-on for Blender 5.1 and 5.2 and a renderer for After Effects

GPU

None published. Scanning and reconstruction run on KIRI servers, so the mobile and web apps need no local GPU. The 3DGS Render Blender add-on draws through Eevee and Cycles, and its spherical harmonic rotation baking is GPU accelerated with an automatic CPU fallback

Pricing

Free Basic plan; Pro at USD 17.99 per month or USD 79.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. The 3DGS Render Blender add-on and the After Effects renderer are both free

License

Proprietary app. The 3DGS Render Blender add-on is GPL-2.0 and the After Effects renderer is MIT

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Mobile 3D scanning and free Gaussian splat rendering inside Blender

Updated

July 2026

KIRI Innovations is a startup based in Shenzhen, China. The founders, Jack Wang and Chris Hu established the company in 2019 and created the flagship hardware Phiz 3D Scanner.

The company rebranded itself during COVID as production times slowed down, shifting towards an emphasis on accessible and affordable 3D scanning solutions. The KIRI Engine was introduced to the App Store and the Google Play Store in March 2022, which offered state of the art photogrammetry scanning technology on Android, iOS, and web platforms.

Since its initial launch, KIRI has been hard at work to bring forth the most technologically advanced 3D scanning methods to the general public. Major updates and features were introduced to the KIRI Engine App in the past two years, including features such as Featureless Object Scan (Neural Surface Reconstruction), LiDAR Object Capture, as well as the latest 3D Gaussian Splatting. Abiding their mission statement, KIRI aims to drastically reduce the cost of 3D asset creation, providing a versatile tool that everyone can access.

KIRI stands out among the 3D scanning applications in various ways, as it supports quad-mesh PBR texture exports, in addition to the 3D Gaussian Splat mesh export and editing features. KIRI Engine 4.3, released in October 2026, improved 3DGS training speed and quality, redesigned the capture experience and folded Featureless Object Scan into 3DGS Scan as one unified workflow.

KIRI Engine has a free Basic plan with unlimited scans and free exports, and a Pro plan listed at USD 17.99 per month or USD 79.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan, that adds mesh inclusive 3DGS scans, PBR materials, quad mesh and auto rigging. KIRI Innovations’ mission is to bridge the gap between the physical world and the digital ones. The team's latest product, KIRI Engine, is a powerful 3D scanner app for Android, iOS, and web browsers. It leverages photogrammetry and machine learning to generate colorful, digital 3D assets for a wide range of use cases.

KIRI also publishes 3DGS Render, a free GPL-2.0 Blender add-on for importing, editing, animating and rendering Gaussian splats. 3DGS Render 5.0 shipped for Blender, and version 5.1.0 added real time relighting and Eevee mesh shadows along with Blender 5.2 support next to 5.1. The 5.1.0 release moved the add-on toward community led maintenance, and its README now says KIRI Engine remains the repository owner and steward but is no longer the sole day to day maintainer and does not guarantee direct technical support. KIRI also released a free MIT licensed Gaussian splat renderer for After Effects.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does KIRI Engine support Gaussian Splatting?

KIRI Engine supports Gaussian splatting alongside photogrammetry, LiDAR object capture, and featureless object scanning, which since version 4.3 is part of the unified 3DGS Scan workflow, and it exports splats as well as quad mesh PBR assets.

What platforms does KIRI Engine run on?

KIRI Engine runs on iOS, Android and the web, and KIRI also ships the 3DGS Render add-on for Blender 5.1 and 5.2 and a Gaussian splat renderer for After Effects.

What licence is the KIRI Engine Blender add-on under?

The 3DGS Render Blender add-on is licensed GPL-2.0, read from the LICENSE file in the Kiri-Innovation/3dgs-render-blender-addon repository. The KIRI Engine mobile and web app itself is proprietary, and the separate After Effects renderer is MIT.

Is KIRI Engine free?

KIRI Engine has a free Basic plan with unlimited scans and free exports, and its Pro plan costs USD 17.99 per month or USD 79.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan, for features including mesh inclusive 3DGS scans, PBR materials and quad mesh. The 3DGS Render Blender add-on and the After Effects renderer are free downloads.

Can KIRI Engine relight a Gaussian splat in Blender?

3DGS Render 5.1.0 added real time relighting and Eevee mesh shadows, which KIRI labels experimental and describes as an artistic approximation rather than physically based rendering. Native mesh shadows support up to four lights and direct relighting supports up to sixteen.