Virtual Reality

VRChat Gaussian Splatting v4 adds an import time LOD pyramid and per platform splat budget, scaling real-time 3DGS scenes to tens of millions of splats in Udon.

Updates to the foundational 3D Gaussian Splatting page have been sporadic, yet a notable enhancement has recently emerged with the addition of OpenXR support.

The human brain is one of the most powerful cameras in existence, allowing us to see a wide dynamic range, from the darkest shadows to blown-out highlights. To fully believe a space is real, it needs to support that same level of dynamic range.

I often liken NeRFs to magic, in that they can understand view dependent effects. That becomes a bit more literal with today's featured paper: Magic NeRF Lens.