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Show HN: SplatGallery – A Community-Driven Gallery for Gaussian Splats

by mackopes on 11/4/24, 11:43 AM with 15 comments

I just launched SplatGallery, a platform where you can share and discover the best 3D models created with Gaussian Splatting.

It's a super early stage and new models are coming it fairly often.

Would love to get feedback from the HN community on how to improve it!

  • by wongarsu on 11/4/24, 1:45 PM

    HN readers interested in more splats might be interested in polycam's discovery page [1]. Same idea, but limited to splats generated with polycam (either in the app or with uploaded images). It's also a less filtered look at the technology, more a collection of neat things than a strict highlight reel

    1 https://poly.cam/explore?type=splat&feed=trending

  • by ratedgene on 11/4/24, 12:56 PM

    I love the gaussian splatting that's going on. I also love the people pushing gaussian splitting and generative AI. I really feel there is something there but I'm not quite sure what yet. It's cool seeing this unfold, but I'm also worried it can turn into something like Photosynth, where it was a cool exercise but not much came out of it. I would love someone's input who is involved in this tech that could blue sky where it could be applied in interesting ways.

  • by andybak on 11/4/24, 4:58 PM

    1. Support for WebXR - first thing I want to do with a splat is view it in a headset)

    2. Support for any emerging formats that improve on .ply (https://github.com/nianticlabs/spz looks promising)

    3. Better navigation controls (or at least document what you already support)

  • by neomantra on 11/4/24, 6:38 PM

    Thanks for making this OP! It's a quick way to get people into it viewing it and great to see community fostering.

    * I discovered I can translate with ctrl-mouse, but maybe add WASD keys as well?

    * I discovered "L" brings up a camera rotation display. The sliders rotates on weird axes (wrong space?), so not too helpful of a UX. Clicking the help magnifier says "Open Filter with CMD+SHIFT+L" but on Safari that opens the sidebar.

    * Simple help display for either of those too might help

    EDIT: * Tried it on an iPhone 13 Pro... touch controls work great and it is so smooth an good looking. In landscape mode, the header takes up a lot of space. A full-screen button would be great.

  • by andybak on 11/4/24, 4:51 PM

    Please don't break standard browser behaviour.

    The two category buttons at the top should be a tags not buttons. They should change the url history so the back button works and so I can alt-click to open in a new tab.

  • by humbleferret on 11/4/24, 2:27 PM

    Great work!

    Are there any particular niches or applications where community-sourced splats are especially well-suited? I see them mentioned on HN from time to time, but I'm curious about their primary use case at the moment.