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In the fields of photogrammetry, computer vision and computer graphics, the task of neural 3D scene reconstruction has led to the exploration of various techniques. Among these, 3D Gaussian Splatting stands out for its explicit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Miriam Jäger , Theodor Kapler , Michael Feßenbecker , Felix Birkelbach , Markus Hillemann , Boris Jutzi

During the Gaussian Splatting optimization process, the scene's geometry can gradually deteriorate if its structure is not deliberately preserved, especially in non-textured regions such as walls, ceilings, and furniture surfaces. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Yanyan Li , Chenyu Lyu , Yan Di , Guangyao Zhai , Gim Hee Lee , Federico Tombari

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has recently unlocked real-time, high-fidelity novel view synthesis by representing scenes using explicit 3D primitives. However, traditional methods often require millions of Gaussians to capture complex…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Anh Thuan Tran , Jana Kosecka

Depth maps are widely used in feed-forward 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) pipelines by unprojecting them into 3D point clouds for novel view synthesis. This approach offers advantages such as efficient training, the use of known camera poses,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Duochao Shi , Weijie Wang , Donny Y. Chen , Zeyu Zhang , Jia-Wang Bian , Bohan Zhuang , Chunhua Shen

The discrete Laplacian operator holds a crucial role in 3D geometry processing, yet it is still challenging to define it on point clouds. Previous works mainly focused on constructing a local triangulation around each point to approximate…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Bo Pang , Zhongtian Zheng , Yilong Li , Guoping Wang , Peng-Shuai Wang

Recently, Gaussian splatting has emerged as a strong alternative to NeRF, demonstrating impressive 3D modeling capabilities while requiring only a fraction of the training and rendering time. In this paper, we show how the standard Gaussian…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Luca Savant Aira , Gabriele Facciolo , Thibaud Ehret

Real2Sim is becoming increasingly important with the rapid development of surgical artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomy. In this work, we propose a novel Real2Sim methodology, Instrument-Splatting, that leverages 3D Gaussian Splatting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Shuojue Yang , Zijian Wu , Mingxuan Hong , Qian Li , Daiyun Shen , Septimiu E. Salcudean , Yueming Jin

While 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) excels in static scene modeling, its extension to dynamic scenes introduces significant challenges. Existing dynamic 3DGS methods suffer from either over-smoothing due to low-rank decomposition or feature…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Yifan Zhou , Beizhen Zhao , Pengcheng Wu , Hao Wang

The 3D Gaussian Splatting technique has significantly advanced the construction of radiance fields from multi-view images, enabling real-time rendering. While point-based rasterization effectively reduces computational demands for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-27 Jiaze Li , Zhengyu Wen , Luo Zhang , Jiangbei Hu , Fei Hou , Zhebin Zhang , Ying He

Gaussian Splatting (GS) is a recent and pivotal technique in 3D computer graphics. GS-based algorithms almost always bypass classical methods such as ray tracing, which offer numerous inherent advantages for rendering. For example, ray…

Reliable multimodal sensor fusion algorithms require accurate spatiotemporal calibration. Recently, targetless calibration techniques based on implicit neural representations have proven to provide precise and robust results. Nevertheless,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Quentin Herau , Moussab Bennehar , Arthur Moreau , Nathan Piasco , Luis Roldao , Dzmitry Tsishkou , Cyrille Migniot , Pascal Vasseur , Cédric Demonceaux

Current point cloud processing algorithms do not have the capability to automatically extract semantic information from the observed scenes, except in very specialized cases. Furthermore, existing mesh analysis paradigms cannot be directly…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Reed M. Williams , Horea T. Ilieş

Recent developments in 3D reconstruction and neural rendering have significantly propelled the capabilities of photo-realistic 3D scene rendering across various academic and industrial fields. The 3D Gaussian Splatting technique, alongside…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Zexu Huang , Min Xu , Stuart Perry

In this paper, we present GaussianPainter, the first method to paint a point cloud into 3D Gaussians given a reference image. GaussianPainter introduces an innovative feed-forward approach to overcome the limitations of time-consuming…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Jingqiu Zhou , Lue Fan , Xuesong Chen , Linjiang Huang , Si Liu , Hongsheng Li

We propose DeMapGS, a structured Gaussian Splatting framework that jointly optimizes deformable surfaces and surface-attached 2D Gaussian splats. By anchoring splats to a deformable template mesh, our method overcomes topological…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Shuyi Zhou , Shengze Zhong , Kenshi Takayama , Takafumi Taketomi , Takeshi Oishi

Recently, 3D Gaussian Splatting has emerged as a prominent research direction owing to its ultrarapid training speed and high-fidelity rendering capabilities. However, the unstructured and irregular nature of Gaussian point clouds poses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Xiao Ren , Yu Liu , Ning An , Jian Cheng , Xin Qiao , He Kong

We propose a method to enhance 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS)~\cite{Kerbl2023}, addressing challenges in initialization, optimization, and density control. Gaussian Splatting is an alternative for rendering realistic images while supporting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Xingjun Wang , Lianlei Shan

We recover the Riemannian gradient of a given function defined on interior points of a Riemannian submanifold in the Euclidean space based on a sample of function evaluations at points in the submanifold. This approach is based on the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Alvaro Almeida Gomez , Antônio J. Silva Neto , Jorge P. Zubelli

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has emerged as a powerful representation for high-quality rendering across a wide range of applications.However, its high computational demands and large storage costs pose significant challenges for deployment…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Xiaobiao Du , Yida Wang , Kun Zhan , Xin Yu

A few recent works explored incorporating geometric priors to regularize the optimization of Gaussian splatting, further improving its performance. However, those early studies mainly focused on the use of low-order geometric priors (e.g.,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Yangming Li , Chaoyu Liu , Lihao Liu , Simon Masnou , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb