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What, exactly, are Gaussian splats?
Gaussian splatting sounds faintly ridiculous, which is unfortunate, because it is becoming genuinely useful in virtual production, shot planning and VFX. The short version: it can turn real-world locations into photoreal 3D scenes far faster than older methods, though it still comes with some catches.
For production and post teams, the appeal is speed. Gaussian splats can create convincing digital versions of real locations much faster than traditional environment building, which makes them…
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