# Blockade Labs Documentation

# What is Skybox AI?

Skybox AI creates 360° equirectangular environments (skyboxes) from text prompts and related image workflows. Use a finished skybox as a backdrop, for HDRI lighting, or as an export for games, VR, film, and worldbuilding.

Eucalyptus woodland under bushfire haze, a 360 degree skybox

Work in the web app (opens new window) or integrate with the API.

Get your API key Available on Standard and higher. Use the key from your backend only. Prompting guide How to write a Create prompt for Model 3 and Model 4.

# Browse the docs

Web App Open Skybox AI Web docs Create, remix, and manage skyboxes API Authenticate, generate, and integrate Guides How to write a Create prompt FAQ Plans, billing, API, exports, moderation Support Get help Roadmap Priorities, not promises Discord Join the community YouTube Watch tutorials

# Key tools

Tool	What it does	Docs
Create	New skybox from a text prompt and style	Web · Prompting · API
Remix	Restyle an existing skybox or upload while keeping structure	Web
Edit	Add or remove elements in a region of an existing skybox	Web
Image2Pano	Turn a flat or partial image into a 360° panorama	Web

# Key exports

Export a completed skybox for engines, lighting, and related pipelines.

Export	Typical use
JPG / PNG	Equirectangular skybox for viewers and engines
HDRI (HDR, EXR)	32-bit scene lighting (improved CV pipeline coming next). Details
Cube map	Engine-ready faces (including Roblox). Model 3
Depth map	Depth workflows. Model 3
Video Preview	Short clip of an existing skybox (not generative video). Deprecated from October 31, 2026
GLB	Experimental 3D mesh. Model 3. Deprecated from October 31, 2026

Resolutions: up to 16K on Model 3 (8K default), up to 4K on Model 4 (4K default). Full matrix: Skybox exports.

# What it is good for

Game and XR environments (Unity, Unreal, Roblox, and similar pipelines)
Rapid concepting for film, previs, and virtual production
Product experiences that generate or remix worlds on demand via API (Implementation considerations)
Reprojection workflows and web-based 360° experiences
Remixing existing panoramas while keeping scene structure

# What it is not good for

Creating 3D geometry (skyboxes are images, not meshes)
One-shot “set and forget” pipelines. Expect to iterate with Create, Remix, and Edit
Replacing your creative vision. Yet
Replacing your coffee

# Models

Skybox AI runs on generation models. The style you pick selects the model.

Model	Role	Typical generation time
Model 3	Widespread production styles	About 15 seconds
Model 4	Latest quality, with Standard and Enhanced variants	About 60 seconds (Standard) · about 120 seconds (Enhanced)

Details: Quality · Prompting · Get Skybox Styles. Times vary with load.

The pairs below are the same kind of scene on each model. They show the difference in look. They are not a controlled test of one prompt.

Skies

Game

Interior