BYTEDANCE IS PREPARING A REAL-TIME SPATIAL VIDEO MODEL

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ByteDance is developing a real-time spatial video model, built on its Seedance system for Pico headsets. The model would generate interactive 3D worlds in the cloud at around 20 frames per second with roughly 50 milliseconds of latency, shifting rendering costs away from device hardware. A launch could come as soon as next month, part of ByteDance's broader 2026 push to lead in world models alongside $30 billion in secured loans and up to $70 billion in planned AI infrastructure spending.