Playing around with Gaussian Splat

Photogrammetry has held my interest for a very long time. After all, my profile picture, almost everywhere, is a LiDAR scan of my head that I accomplished with the FaceID of an old iPhone about five years ago.

Recently, I stumbled upon a new paper about something called Gaussian Splatting. This topic is fascinating because, instead of creating a 3D mesh, it more closely resembles a point cloud that is expanded and shaped in such a way that it looks highly realistic. One usecase that interests me in particular is bringing these in as VR backdrops.