Behind the scenes with the Midjourney scanner [video]
This video provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Midjourney scanner, showing how the AI image generation tool processes and scans visual data to produce its outputs.
Background
- Midjourney is a leading AI image-generation platform (similar to DALL-E and Stable Diffusion) whose tools are widely used by designers, artists, and the general public.
- The company has been building a massive 3D scanning operation to capture real-world objects, people, and environments — the "scanner" is a custom rig (likely using hundreds of cameras or structured light) to digitize physical things into high-detail 3D data.
- This effort is part of Midjourney's ambition to move beyond 2D image generation toward 3D world-building and spatial AI, potentially for games, VR, robotics, or their own future products.
- The video offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at a process that is normally secretive — showing how they gather training data or reference assets that could improve model quality and consistency.