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		reactordev on Dec 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Compressing Gaussian Splats https://huggingface.co/blog/gaussian-splatting Think of this as a LiDAR visualization on steroids... A point cloud of information that can be used to render "The Blob".

yetihehe on Dec 6, 2023 [–]

But the blobs can change color and opacity depending on direction you are viewing them (spherical harmonics) which allows to encode transparency and specular reflections.

slimbuck on Dec 6, 2023 | [–]

Splats change color based on direction, but opacity is constant.

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