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New comment by ovenchips in "Show HN: Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry"

ovenchips — Tue, 19 May 2026 18:48:52 +0000

For anybody interested, SuperSplat (and PlayCanvas) is open sourced on GitHub: https://github.com/playcanvas

New comment by ovenchips in "Show HN: Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry"

ovenchips — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:00:19 +0000

I completely agree with you. I'm constantly bowled over by the creativity of the SuperSplat/PlayCanvas communities.

New comment by ovenchips in "Show HN: Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry"

ovenchips — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:05:51 +0000

I built PlayCanvas in 2011 to power video games. Here we are in 2026 and it's powering strawberries.

SuperSplat enables downloading for 3D Gaussian Splats

ovenchips — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:48:06 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/new-in-supersplat-downloadable-splats-licenses-and-social-links/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47796119

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New in SuperSplat: Walk Mode, Streamed LOD and Easy Upload

ovenchips — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:47:26 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/new-in-supersplat-walk-mode-streamed-lod-and-easy-upload/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47339553

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Build Gaussian Splat Experiences with SuperSplat Studio

ovenchips — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:00:20 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/build-gaussian-splat-experiences-with-supersplat-studio/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46977477

Points: 37

# Comments: 6

Should Google Maps Switch to 3D Gaussian Splatting?

ovenchips — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:54:55 +0000

Article URL: https://superspl.at/view?id=ca36efcc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45374380

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

PlayCanvas Open Sources SOG Format for Gaussian Splatting

ovenchips — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:40:57 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/playcanvas-open-sources-sog-format-for-gaussian-splatting/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45290305

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The PlayCanvas Editor Front End Is Now Open Source

ovenchips — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:09:14 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/playcanvas-editor-frontend-is-now-open-source/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44735234

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Combining macro photography with Gaussian splatting

ovenchips — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:29:17 +0000

Article URL: https://superspl.at/view?id=cf6ac78e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44723861

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Cincinnati's Grand Hall Recreated in PlayCanvas Using 3D Gaussian Splatting

ovenchips — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:27:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ryanfellers.com/oldmain/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44425822

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ovenchips in "Show HN: Spark, An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for Three.js"

ovenchips — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:59:22 +0000

The SOGS compression technique works well. You can get 1M Gaussians with full spherical harmonics in about 14MB. There's a good article about it on the PlayCanvas blog:

https://blog.playcanvas.com/playcanvas-adopts-sogs-for-20x-3...

New comment by ovenchips in "Show HN: Spark, An advanced 3D Gaussian Splatting renderer for Three.js"

ovenchips — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 02:51:22 +0000

When you say that PlayCanvas is commercial, that's a little misleading. The PlayCanvas Engine (analogous to Three.js and Babylon.js) is free and open source (MIT). The PlayCanvas Engine is where you'll find all the cool 3DGS tech. There are two further frameworks that wrap the Engine (for those that prefer to use a declarative interface): PlayCanvas Web Components and PlayCanvas React. Again, both of these are free and open source (MIT). Only the PlayCanvas Editor (analogous to a browser-based Unity) has optional payment plans (for those that want to create private projects).

PlayCanvas Engine: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine

PlayCanvas Web Components: https://github.com/playcanvas/web-components

PlayCanvas React: https://github.com/playcanvas/react

PlayCanvas Adopts SOGS for 20x 3DGS Compression

ovenchips — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:37:27 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/playcanvas-adopts-sogs-for-20x-3dgs-compression/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43996158

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Render Your Gaussian Splats to Video with SuperSplat 2.2

ovenchips — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:04:05 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/render-your-gaussian-splats-to-video-with-supersplat/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43354645

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ovenchips in "Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat experience of Sutro Tower, San Francisco"

ovenchips — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:03:41 +0000

This application was built on PlayCanvas Web Components: https://github.com/playcanvas/web-components/

It's very similar to PlayCanvas React, but with a fully Web Components-based architecture. You can use the same scripts interchangeably between both frameworks.

New comment by ovenchips in "Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat experience of Sutro Tower, San Francisco"

ovenchips — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:06:42 +0000

I can't find the easter egg. Clues appreciated. :)

New comment by ovenchips in "Publish Your Gaussian Splats with SuperSplat"

ovenchips — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:44:41 +0000

We deployed a fix for Firefox today. Can you try again and let me know how it goes?

Publish Your Gaussian Splats with SuperSplat

ovenchips — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:00:41 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/publish-your-gaussian-splats-with-supersplat/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43035896

Points: 56

# Comments: 11

New comment by ovenchips in "PlayCanvas React: Easy, Declarative 3D for React Developers"

ovenchips — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:26:53 +0000

It maps incredibly well to the Entity-Component System in the PlayCanvas Engine too.