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yak32 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:51:59 +0000

i have similar thoughts - but about AI covering gaps in splats

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yak32 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:06:13 +0000

It runs on mobiles with lowest settings and have interface for that, but desktop is preferable

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yak32 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:05:08 +0000

And yeah you can definitely create splats with open source

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yak32 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:03:08 +0000

View model? Hands? Download from internet with permissive license - I was looking to something relatively realistic and remotely matching environment

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yak32 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:12:00 +0000

yeah, in 2020 when Cyberpunk was out, it was a sci-fi concept!

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yak32 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:10:48 +0000

lowest settings? i just approached mobile devices, it's a lot of data and running in a browser .. it's a miracle it works there in the current state (on my 6-years old iPhone it allows me to walk and shoot at least). Streaming LOD is tweakable tbh, it may need to lower settings for mobiles.

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:37:23 +0000

XGrid Portal camera has Lidar, and this scan is made with it as I remember

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:35:54 +0000

some game mode in Cyberpunk 2077 too

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:34:37 +0000

i've seen demos with splats and raytracing - this one for example https://gaussiantracer.github.io/

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:33:16 +0000

you would need a professional artist, several days and professional expensive equipment. It's not an easy task.

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:31:43 +0000

i think splats are good for browsers as it's just a render call with relatively simple shader - imagine modern traditional rendering pipeline, where it's thousands of different passes + post processing, shadows etc. Effective splat sorting is a different story in browsers though

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:25:35 +0000

tbh I haven't yet approached optimisation for this, i am pretty sure it's possible to improve it further. It runs on my 2020 iphone, but not super smooth though

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:24:15 +0000

I heard Insta360 is good for this.

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:59:36 +0000

there another game, Bodycam, released on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2406770/Bodycam/ - but it's Unreal engine 5. This demo runs on my old 2020 iPhone, in browser

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:25:17 +0000

dynamic objects are still largely unsolved problem, I just tried to approach it in this demo. also this particular place doesn't have reflective surfaces, but technology supports it - check for example this splat https://superspl.at/scene/ff1d0393 or this one https://superspl.at/scene/6c822f84

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yak32 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:59:02 +0000

idealy it should be 4DGS but we are far away from it - real actors scan etc.. but somebody will do it later i am sure

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yak32 — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:24:31 +0000

Thanks! Yeah hybrid is a way forward, dynamic stuff is not easy

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yak32 — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:18:52 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.playcanvas.com/turning-a-gaussian-splat-into-a-videogame/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47876071

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