Comment by stale2002

This is a good question, and the answer is that from a tech side it is surprisingly easier to solve the problem in the reverse direction.

As in, making workable 3d models is harder than making video.

And it is easier to make a 3d model by generating a video of the object instead.

Why is that? I don't know. But that's the current state of the industry. 3D model generation is simply harder.