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We present an efficient neural 3D scene representation for novel-view synthesis (NVS) in large-scale, dynamic urban areas. Existing works are not well suited for applications like mixed-reality or closed-loop simulation due to their limited…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Tobias Fischer , Jonas Kulhanek , Samuel Rota Bulò , Lorenzo Porzi , Marc Pollefeys , Peter Kontschieder

The advent of 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has recently brought about a revolution in the field of neural rendering, facilitating high-quality renderings at real-time speed. However, 3DGS heavily depends on the initialized point cloud…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Kai Cheng , Xiaoxiao Long , Kaizhi Yang , Yao Yao , Wei Yin , Yuexin Ma , Wenping Wang , Xuejin Chen

We propose a feed-forward Gaussian Splatting model that unifies 3D scene and semantic field reconstruction. Combining 3D scenes with semantic fields facilitates the perception and understanding of the surrounding environment. However, key…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Qijian Tian , Xin Tan , Jingyu Gong , Yuan Xie , Lizhuang Ma

Recently, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has demonstrated impressive novel view synthesis results, while allowing the rendering of high-resolution images in real-time. However, leveraging 3D Gaussians for surface reconstruction poses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Zehao Yu , Torsten Sattler , Andreas Geiger

Recently, Gaussian splatting has emerged as a robust technique for representing 3D scenes, enabling real-time rasterization and high-fidelity rendering. However, Gaussians' inherent radial symmetry and smoothness constraints limit their…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Yi-Hua Huang , Ming-Xian Lin , Yang-Tian Sun , Ziyi Yang , Xiaoyang Lyu , Yan-Pei Cao , Xiaojuan Qi

3D Gaussian splatting (3DGS) is a popular radiance field method, with many application-specific extensions. Most variants rely on the same core algorithm: depth-sorting of Gaussian splats then rasterizing in primitive order. This ensures…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Shakiba Kheradmand , Delio Vicini , George Kopanas , Dmitry Lagun , Kwang Moo Yi , Mark Matthews , Andrea Tagliasacchi

An excellent representation is crucial for reinforcement learning (RL) performance, especially in vision-based reinforcement learning tasks. The quality of the environment representation directly influences the achievement of the learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-07 Jiaxu Wang , Qiang Zhang , Jingkai Sun , Jiahang Cao , Gang Han , Wen Zhao , Weining Zhang , Yecheng Shao , Yijie Guo , Renjing Xu

Research on smooth vector graphics is separated into two independent research threads: one on interpolation-based gradient meshes and the other on diffusion-based curve formulations. With this paper, we propose a mathematical formulation…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Xingze Tian , Tobias Günther

Gaussian Splatting has emerged as a high-performance technique for novel view synthesis, enabling real-time rendering and high-quality reconstruction of small scenes. However, scaling to larger environments has so far relied on partitioning…

Dense 3D representations of the environment have been a long-term goal in the robotics field. While previous Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) representation have been prevalent for its implicit, coordinate-based model, the recent emergence of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Siting Zhu , Guangming Wang , Xin Kong , Dezhi Kong , Hesheng Wang

In this paper we present a novel method for efficient and effective 3D surface reconstruction in open scenes. Existing Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) based works typically require extensive training and rendering time due to the adopted…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Gaochao Song , Chong Cheng , Hao Wang

Rendering and reconstruction are long-standing topics in computer vision and graphics. Achieving both high rendering quality and accurate geometry is a challenge. Recent advancements in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) have enabled…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Meng Wei , Qianyi Wu , Jianmin Zheng , Hamid Rezatofighi , Jianfei Cai

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has recently emerged as an innovative and efficient 3D representation technique. While its potential for extended reality (XR) applications is frequently highlighted, its practical effectiveness remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Shi Qiu , Binzhu Xie , Qixuan Liu , Pheng-Ann Heng

Novel view synthesis has seen major advances in recent years, with 3D Gaussian splatting offering an excellent level of visual quality, fast training and real-time rendering. However, the resources needed for training and rendering…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Bernhard Kerbl , Andréas Meuleman , Georgios Kopanas , Michael Wimmer , Alexandre Lanvin , George Drettakis

This paper addresses the challenge of reconstructing dynamic 3D scenes with complex motions. Some recent works define 3D Gaussian primitives in the canonical space and use deformation fields to map canonical primitives to observation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Yifan Wang , Peishan Yang , Zhen Xu , Jiaming Sun , Zhanhua Zhang , Yong Chen , Hujun Bao , Sida Peng , Xiaowei Zhou

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) enables the reconstruction of intricate digital 3D assets from multi-view images by leveraging a set of 3D Gaussian primitives for rendering. Its explicit and discrete representation facilitates the seamless…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Xijie Yang , Linning Xu , Lihan Jiang , Dahua Lin , Bo Dai

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has emerged as a prominent 3D representation for high-fidelity and real-time rendering. Prior work has coupled physics simulation with Gaussians, but predominantly targets soft, deformable materials, leaving…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Bei Huang , Yixin Chen , Ruijie Lu , Gang Zeng , Hongbin Zha , Yuru Pei , Siyuan Huang

Recently, generalizable human Gaussian splatting from sparse-view inputs has been actively studied for the photorealistic human rendering. Most existing methods rely on explicit geometric constraints or predefined structural representations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Jingi Kim , Wonjun Kim

The emergence of neural and Gaussian-based radiance field methods has led to considerable advancements in novel view synthesis and 3D object reconstruction. Nonetheless, specular reflection and refraction continue to pose significant…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Letian Huang , Dongwei Ye , Jialin Dan , Chengzhi Tao , Huiwen Liu , Kun Zhou , Bo Ren , Yuanqi Li , Yanwen Guo , Jie Guo

We present a voxel-based rendering pipeline for large 3D line sets that employs GPU ray-casting to achieve scalable rendering including transparency and global illumination effects that cannot be achieved with GPU rasterization. Even for…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-01-08 Mathias Kanzler , Marc Rautenhaus , Rüdiger Westermann