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We present the first application of 3D Gaussian Splatting in monocular SLAM, the most fundamental but the hardest setup for Visual SLAM. Our method, which runs live at 3fps, utilises Gaussians as the only 3D representation, unifying the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Hidenobu Matsuki , Riku Murai , Paul H. J. Kelly , Andrew J. Davison

This letter introduces a novel framework for dense Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM) based on Gaussian Splatting. Recently, SLAM based on Gaussian Splatting has shown promising results. However, in monocular scenarios,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Pengcheng Zhu , Yaoming Zhuang , Baoquan Chen , Li Li , Chengdong Wu , Zhanlin Liu

Real-time SLAM with dense 3D mapping is computationally challenging, especially on resource-limited devices. The recent development of 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) offers a promising approach for real-time dense 3D reconstruction. However,…

Current Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) methods based on Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) or 3D Gaussian Splatting excel in reconstructing static 3D scenes but struggle with tracking and reconstruction in dynamic environments,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Mingrui Li , Yiming Zhou , Hongxing Zhou , Xinggang Hu , Florian Roemer , Hongyu Wang , Ahmad Osman

3D Gaussian Splatting has emerged as a powerful representation of geometry and appearance for RGB-only dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), as it provides a compact dense map representation while enabling efficient and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Erik Sandström , Keisuke Tateno , Michael Oechsle , Michael Niemeyer , Luc Van Gool , Martin R. Oswald , Federico Tombari

We present FlashSLAM, a novel SLAM approach that leverages 3D Gaussian Splatting for efficient and robust 3D scene reconstruction. Existing 3DGS-based SLAM methods often fall short in sparse view settings and during large camera movements…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Phu Pham , Damon Conover , Aniket Bera

Conventional geometry-based SLAM systems lack dense 3D reconstruction capabilities since their data association usually relies on feature correspondences. Additionally, learning-based SLAM systems often fall short in terms of real-time…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Zhongche Qu , Zhi Zhang , Cong Liu , Jianhua Yin

Recent progress in dense SLAM has primarily targeted monocular setups, often at the expense of robustness and geometric coverage. We present MCGS-SLAM, the first purely RGB-based multi-camera SLAM system built on 3D Gaussian Splatting…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Zhihao Cao , Hanyu Wu , Li Wa Tang , Zizhou Luo , Wei Zhang , Marc Pollefeys , Zihan Zhu , Martin R. Oswald

In this paper, we introduce \textbf{GS-SLAM} that first utilizes 3D Gaussian representation in the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) system. It facilitates a better balance between efficiency and accuracy. Compared to recent SLAM…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Chi Yan , Delin Qu , Dan Xu , Bin Zhao , Zhigang Wang , Dong Wang , Xuelong Li

We present a dense simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) method that uses 3D Gaussians as a scene representation. Our approach enables interactive-time reconstruction and photo-realistic rendering from real-world single-camera RGBD…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Vladimir Yugay , Yue Li , Theo Gevers , Martin R. Oswald

Monocular SLAM has received a lot of attention due to its simple RGB inputs and the lifting of complex sensor constraints. However, existing monocular SLAM systems are designed for bounded scenes, restricting the applicability of SLAM…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-11 Heng Zhou , Zhetao Guo , Shuhong Liu , Lechen Zhang , Qihao Wang , Yuxiang Ren , Mingrui Li

Recently, the multi-modal fusion of RGB, depth, and semantics has shown great potential in dense Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). However, a prerequisite for generating consistent semantic maps is the availability of dense,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Linfei Li , Lin Zhang , Zhong Wang , Ying Shen

We propose a dense RGBD SLAM system based on 3D Gaussian Splatting that provides metrically accurate pose tracking and visually realistic reconstruction. To this end, we first propose a Gaussian densification strategy based on the rendering…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Shuo Sun , Malcolm Mielle , Achim J. Lilienthal , Martin Magnusson

Recent advances in dense 3D reconstruction have demonstrated strong capability in accurately capturing local geometry. However, extending these methods to incremental global reconstruction, as required in SLAM systems, remains challenging.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Kunyi Li , Michael Niemeyer , Sen Wang , Stefano Gasperini , Nassir Navab , Federico Tombari

Streaming reconstruction from uncalibrated monocular video remains challenging, as it requires both high-precision pose estimation and computationally efficient online refinement in dynamic environments. While coupling 3D foundation models…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Kerui Ren , Guanghao Li , Changjian Jiang , Yingxiang Xu , Tao Lu , Linning Xu , Junting Dong , Jiangmiao Pang , Mulin Yu , Bo Dai

Initial applications of 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) in Visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (VSLAM) demonstrate the generation of high-quality volumetric reconstructions from monocular video streams. However, despite these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Yan Song Hu , Dayou Mao , Yuhao Chen , John Zelek

3D Gaussian Splatting has emerged as a promising technique for high-quality 3D rendering, leading to increasing interest in integrating 3DGS into realism SLAM systems. However, existing methods face challenges such as Gaussian primitives…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Lizhi Bai , Chunqi Tian , Jun Yang , Siyu Zhang , Masanori Suganuma , Takayuki Okatani

Gaussian splatting has recently gained traction as a compelling map representation for SLAM systems, enabling dense and photo-realistic scene modeling. However, its application to monocular SLAM remains challenging due to the lack of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Dong-Uk Seo , Jinwoo Jeon , Eungchang Mason Lee , Hyun Myung

The recently developed Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) have shown encouraging and impressive results for visual SLAM. However, most representative methods require RGBD sensors and are only available for indoor…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Zhe Xin , Chenyang Wu , Penghui Huang , Yanyong Zhang , Yinian Mao , Guoquan Huang

Efficient three-dimensional reconstruction and real-time visualization are critical in surgical scenarios such as endoscopy. In recent years, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has demonstrated remarkable performance in efficient 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Taoyu Wu , Yiyi Miao , Zhuoxiao Li , Haocheng Zhao , Kang Dang , Jionglong Su , Limin Yu , Haoang Li
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