Glossary term
Glossary term
Multimodal AI
Scene representation method using millions of 3D Gaussian primitives to enable real-time (100+ FPS) photorealistic novel-view synthesis at 1080p resolution.
D Gaussian Splatting (Kerbl et al. SIGGRAPH 2023) achieves over 100 FPS rendering at 1080p resolution while matching or exceeding NeRF quality. Luma AI and Polycam integrated 3DGS into their mobile apps, enabling real-time 3D scene capture from iPhone footage.
NVIDIA Research unveiled 3D Gaussian Ray Tracing in July 2024, extending Gaussian Splatting to support secondary lighting effects including shadows, reflections, and depth of field that standard splatting-based rasterisation cannot handle.
A heritage-preservation organisation uses 3DGS to digitise historical artefacts and architectural sites from photogrammetric scans, creating real-time navigable 3D models for public virtual museum exhibits at a fraction of traditional 3D scanning costs.