IPC Shopping Centre Builds Momentum Towards the Opening of IPC Gourmet Hall

Scheduled to open in December 2026, the new destination brings together established brands, refreshed concepts and a thoughtfully curated customer experience

PETALING JAYA , Malaysia, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- First announced in March 2026, IPC Gourmet Hall is progressing steadily towards its targeted December 2026 opening, reinforcing IPC Shopping Centre's continued commitment to shaping a stronger dining and lifestyle proposition for the surrounding community. Spanning approximately 43,000 square feet with 39 outlets upon completion, the new destination has been designed to offer greater variety, convenience and choice while creating more opportunities for people to gather, connect and enjoy meaningful everyday moments.

As the destination continues to take shape, its carefully curated line-up signals strong progress and growing confidence in IPC Gourmet Hall as a future dining address. Confirmed tenants such as Ole-Ole Bali, Paradise Dynasty, Chameleon Restaurant, Bantianyao Grilled Fish, Seven Seas, BaD Scones, Churn Ice Cream, Halla Holla, Furiku, and Anytime Acai reflect the breadth of the offering being built for visitors, while reinforcing the hall's appeal to brands seeking to be part of a lifestyle-led community destination.

Mark Tan, Acting General Manager of IPC Shopping Centre said, "Food plays an important role in bringing people together, and consumers today are increasingly looking for places that offer both variety and quality within a welcoming environment. IPC Gourmet Hall is designed to meet those evolving expectations by bringing together a strong mix of brands, cuisines and dining experiences in one destination. It will also complement our existing food and beverage offering, giving the community more reasons to meaningfully connect with their loved ones at IPC Shopping Centre.

"At IPC Shopping Centre, we want to create a place where people feel at home; whether they are stopping by for a quick meal, catching up with family and friends, or simply spending time together. Through IPC Gourmet Hall, we're bringing together a wider variety of dining experiences within a welcoming, nature-inspired setting, making it easier for our community to discover new favourites, enjoy familiar comforts and create meaningful moments. More importantly, we hope it becomes another reason for people to continue seeing IPC Shopping Centre as their familiar third home."

A Curated Mix of Flavours and New Dining Experiences

More than an expansion of IPC's food and beverage offering, IPC Gourmet Hall has been thoughtfully planned around a range of dining needs and occasions, from quick weekday meals and casual catch-ups to family gatherings and celebrations. The destination will bring together diverse flavours within a warm, nature-inspired environment featuring greenery, natural textures and flexible seating options.

Among the highlights include Paradise Dynasty, which will introduce a first-of-its-kind concept at IPC Shopping Centre that is different from its other outlets, making IPC the first destination to feature this refreshed experience. Ole-Ole Bali will also unveil a new concept that celebrates the rich culinary traditions of Bali.

Further diversifying the offering is Chameleon Restaurant, which will mark its first outlet in a shopping centre. The Japanese-Western fusion concept is recognised for its restaurant-quality cuisine, wholesome ingredients and approachable dining experience that balances comfort with value. The tenant line-up also includes Bantianyao Grilled Fish, a popular grilled fish concept known for its bold flavours and shareable dining experience.

Complementing the savoury offerings is BaD Scones, that specializes in classic freshly baked English scones and hearty British comfort food concept built around its "Buy and Donate" mission. The dessert selection is further enhanced by Churn Ice Cream, a homegrown artisanal ice cream brand recognised for its handcrafted ice creams made from quality ingredients, alongside Malaysia's first recorded sourdough waffles.

With construction now at its halfway mark, IPC Gourmet Hall continues to take shape and remains on track for its December 2026 opening. The aforementioned tenants offer an early glimpse of the dining experience visitors can look forward to.

Upon completion, IPC Gourmet Hall will mark an important milestone in IPC Shopping Centre's continued evolution as a lifestyle destination, further strengthening its role as a place where there's something for everyone. As an extension of IPC Shopping Centre's role as a familiar third home, the new destination reflects its commitment to creating spaces that remain relevant to the everyday lives for the many people it serves.

For more information or leasing enquiries, please contact leasing@ikano.asia.

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About IPC Shopping Centre:

Established in December 2003, IPC Shopping Centre is Malaysia's first meeting place anchored by IKEA with the big blue box store and a vital part of Ikano Retail's growing portfolio in the Southeast Asia region. Strategically nestled in the heart of the mixed-use development of Mutiara Damansara, it serves as a familiar third home for their community and beyond. More than just a retail destination, IPC Shopping Centre is a space where everyone can recharge, reconnect, and enjoy life's simple moments, all while providing the convenience they need for their shopping. Rooted in its Swedish heritage, IPC Shopping Centre embodies the concept of Lagom Life – a way of living that is balanced, sustainable, and just right. This shapes everything from its sustainable living inspired environment, the carefully curated tenant mix, to the overall experience, offering visitors a space to slow down, find balance, and enjoy life at their own pace. IPC Shopping Centre also leads in sustainability with the flagship Recycling and Buy-Back Centre and other green initiatives in fostering community engagement and showcasing their commitment to a greener future.

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IPC Shopping Centre Builds Momentum Towards the Opening of IPC Gourmet Hall

The Hyper3D world-generation model expands AI 3D generation from individual objects to complete scenes, combining individual 3D assets, spatial relationships and estimated physical properties for robotics simulation, filmmaking, game development and spatial computing.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyper3D, an internationally leading 3D generative AI company, recently announced the launch of WorldGen, a world-generation model that turns a single image into a 3D scene composed of independent, editable and interactive objects. The release expands Hyper3D's generative 3D capabilities from standalone assets to complete scenes that can be used in simulation and creative production workflows.

Users can upload a scene image and let WorldGen identify its main objects automatically, or draw bounding boxes to select specific objects for generation. The generated assets can be edited, replaced and moved individually, giving users control over individual assets and the overall scene layout.

Generating 3D Objects, Spatial Relationships and Physical Properties

WorldGen advances CAST (Component-Aligned 3D Scene Reconstruction from an RGB Image), research developed by the Hyper3D team that received a Best Paper Award at SIGGRAPH 2025, the leading international conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Following that research, the team continued developing the models, algorithms and engineering systems that underpin WorldGen's multistage generation process.

The system generates object geometry, inferring plausible shapes for portions hidden from view, and builds a graph of relationships such as contact, support and suspension. It estimates each object's position, scale and orientation in a shared 3D space, along with collision geometry, mass and friction.

WorldGen uses a hybrid 3D representation. Objects intended for editing and interaction are generated by Hyper3D's Rodin model as separate mesh assets with complete geometry and estimated physical properties. Background environments use 3D Gaussian splatting to preserve visual detail and immersion.

From photographs to robot-training environments

For robotics teams, WorldGen turns real-world photographs into simulation training environments for embodied AI. Building such environments has traditionally required manual scene modeling, which is slow and costly; WorldGen generates interactive, physically grounded scenes directly from images, giving robot training a faster way to produce diverse, task-ready simulation data.

WorldGen extends Hyper3D's NVIDIA Isaac Sim workflow from individual assets to entire scenes. Hyper3D, a member of NVIDIA Inception, previously introduced Sim-Ready capabilities for Rodin through NVIDIA Omniverse and Isaac Lab, along with an Isaac Sim plug-in.

In July, Hyper3D announced a joint robotics simulation workflow with D-Robotics and Motphys. In the workflow, WorldGen reconstructs interactive scenes from photographs, while Motphys and D-Robotics contribute physics simulation and computing infrastructure respectively, connecting scene generation, simulation, data collection and model training.

Teams can vary lighting, layouts, obstacles and object states to create different environments for the same task. The workflow spans scene reconstruction, simulation, training and policy validation, including deployment to physical robots for testing and iteration. The partners are continuing to refine the solution and expand its use in robot training.

A controllable 3D foundation for AI filmmaking

For filmmakers, WorldGen provides an editable 3D scene for planning compositions, camera angles and object placement. Creators can set camera angles, move objects, replace assets and adjust layouts, then use rendered views or camera sequences from the scene as visual references for AI video generation.

WorldGen can be used in workflows with video-generation models such as Seedance 2.5. WorldGen supplies stable spatial structure, camera relationships and controllable, untextured 3D scenes; the video model adds character performance, materials, lighting and visual style. The approach is designed to improve control and consistency across complex scenes and multiple shots, supporting advertising, concept films and previsualization. Projects using WorldGen are already in production, with releases to follow.

Bringing Generated 3D Assets into Creative Tools and Game Engines

3D assets generated in WorldGen can be brought into Blender, Unity, PlayCanvas, Unreal Engine and Unity's Tuanjie Engine for material editing, rigging, level design and performance optimization. Users can generate their starting scene assets in WorldGen, then continue working in familiar software and production pipelines.

In July, Hyper3D and Unity's Tuanjie Engine announced a collaboration to connect 3D generation with real-time game applications. WorldGen was also demonstrated at the Tuanjie Engine 2.0 launch.

Extending generated scenes into XR

WorldGen-generated scenes can also serve as the basis for experiences on XR devices such as Apple Vision Pro. Users can explore a reconstructed space from different positions and viewpoints and inspect objects up close. Further editing can support changes to layouts, object replacements and interactions with selected assets. Potential applications include interior design, immersive education, spatial presentations and XR content creation.

About Hyper3D

Hyper3D develops generative AI models and tools for creating 3D assets and scenes. Its core products include Hyper3D Rodin for individual 3D assets and WorldGen for scene-level generation, serving nearly ten million users worldwide. Hyper3D supports workflows across gaming, film production, industrial design, embodied AI and more.

Learn more about Hyper3D at https://hyper3d.ai/

 

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Hyper3D Launches WorldGen to Turn Single Images into Editable 3D Scenes