arXiv Machine Learning

Explicit 3D Gaussian Models for Fast, Mesh-Free Compression of Structured and Unstructured Volumes

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 2

Efficient Compression of Structured and Unstructured Volumes via Learned 3D Gaussian Representation

arXiv:2607. 01164v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent work has shown that implicit neural representations (INRs) can be trained to effectively compress structured and unstructured volume data, allowing for direct data querying with a reduced memory footprint.

By Landon Dyken, Sharmistha Chakrabarti, Nathan Debardeleben, Steve Petruzza, Qi Wu, Will Usher, Sidharth Kumar
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 17

Generalizable Neural Reconstruction of High-Fidelity Surfaces via Sparse Volumetric Representations

The paper introduces SVRecon, a generalizable neural surface reconstruction framework that uses sparse volumetric representations to achieve high-resolution 3D reconstruction. It employs a two-stage architecture: first predicting occupied voxels with an occupancy network, then rendering only within those regions using specialized sparse algorithms. This approach allows reconstruction at resolutions up to 512³ on 32 GB hardware, producing smoother and more precise surfaces, especially in sparse-view scenarios.

By Aoxiang Fan, Corentin Dumery, Nicolas Talabot, Ming Xu, Hieu Le, Pascal Fua
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 16

3D Field Data Reduction with Adaptive Sample-Based Gaussian-Encoded Reconstruction

The paper introduces a unified sample‑based Gaussian encoding method that represents structured grids, unstructured meshes, and particle data under a single fixed‑budget formulation. By initializing and refining Gaussian primitives directly from input samples while maintaining a prescribed primitive count, the method achieves higher reconstruction accuracy with fewer primitives—up to 4.8 dB higher PSNR and roughly a 44× reduction in primitive count compared to prior approaches. For time‑varying data, warm‑starting from the previous timestep further reduces optimization effort while preserving reconstruction quality.

By Michael R. Martin, Joseph Insley, Victor A. Mateevitsi, Silvio Rizzi, Kwan-Liu Ma
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 28

KISS-GS: 3D Gaussian Splatting Compression Kept Simple

KISS-GS is a modular compression pipeline for 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) scenes that separates compression from training. It first compacts a vanilla 3DGS scene by 15.7× using state‑of‑the‑art pruning, then encodes the result into the SOG‑XT image‑based format, achieving an additional 6.6× reduction. Optional encoding‑aware fine‑tuning can further cut the size by 2.2×, yielding total reductions of 85× to 319× on standard benchmarks while enabling web‑native decoding.

By Wieland Morgenstern, Friedrich Elias Branschke, Florian Fleischmann, Adrian Szatmari, Paul Schlack, Florian Barthel, Peter Eisert, Anna Hilsmann
arXiv Computer Vision
Oct 12

CompactSplat: Spatially Adaptive Gaussian Distribution for Feedforward Scene Reconstruction

CompactSplat introduces a feedforward scene reconstruction method that adaptively allocates 3D Gaussian primitives based on texture-guided spatial partitioning and hierarchical sampling. By concentrating dense Gaussians in complex regions and using expanded primitives for flat areas, it reduces redundancy and better captures planar geometry. The framework also allows dynamic sparsity control during inference, enabling trade-offs between rendering quality and memory usage without retraining.

By Bing He, Jingnan Gao, Yunuo Chen, Zhengxue Cheng, Rong Xie, Li Song, Wenjun Zhang
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 3

CC-4DGS: Computational Deformation and Point-Cloud Compression for Storage-Efficient Dynamic Gaussian Splatting

CC-4DGS introduces a storage‑efficient framework for dynamic 4D Gaussian splatting by replacing large multi‑resolution hash tables with a deterministic dense hash encoding and compact neural decoders, reducing deformation storage to 1–3 MB per scene. It also compresses canonical point‑cloud attributes through conditional autoencoding, selective quantization, and residual codebooks, achieving 3–5× reduction in point‑cloud size with negligible quality loss. The combined approach maintains real‑time rendering performance while lowering total storage to 20–30 MB, matching state‑of‑the‑art reconstruction accuracy on N3DV and Technicolor Light Field datasets.

By Kyungdae Park, Chae Eun Rhee