GS-PI introduces an optimization‑decoupled framework that transforms Gaussian Splatting (GS) assets into physically based rendering (PBR) compatible Gaussian assets. By treating PBR material generation as a geometry‑conditioned diffusion process on 3D point clouds, it achieves multi‑view consistency and avoids the pixel‑correspondence problems of 2D diffusion. The method employs a multi‑scale cross‑view conditioning mechanism—combining global semantic priors, photometric cues, and spatial view‑direction signals—to prevent specular highlights from baking into intrinsic colors, and then distills the predicted attributes back into a fully relightable PBR‑GS asset without requiring proxy meshes.
By Jieting Xu, Rengan Xie, Zijian Huang, Zehui Jin, Rui Wang, Yuchi Huo
The paper introduces a compact neural appearance model for 3D Gaussian Splatting that replaces traditional low‑order spherical harmonics (SH) with a tiny shared MLP decoding per‑primitive latent codes. It compares SH with recent spherical appearance models, integrating all into a unified CUDA rasterizer and WebGL viewer, and demonstrates that the new neural representation reduces per‑primitive appearance storage from 192 to 28 bytes, speeds optimization by 1.3×, and improves reconstruction quality. The study also analyzes how different appearance parametrizations affect geometry recovery and the handling of non‑static scene content.
By Florian Hahlbohm, Jorge Condor, Linus Franke, Martin Eisemann, Marcus Magnor
arXiv:2609.38488v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Conventional 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) requires depth sorting and ordered alpha blending to correctly render overlapping Gaussian primitives. Stoc...
By Zijian Huang, Suiliang Mai, Chuankun Zheng, Yuan Meng, Yuchi Huo
arXiv:2609.37115v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We revisit the role of appearance modeling in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) and show that limited expressiveness in view-dependent reflectance is a key...
By Pratik Singh Bisht, Andreas Kolb
arXiv:2603.16103v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: 3D Gaussian Splat (3DGS) enables high-fidelity, real-time novel view synthesis by representing scenes with large sets of anisotropic primitives, bu...
By Butian Xiong, Rong Liu, Tiantian Zhou, Meida Chen, Zhiwen Fan, Andrew Feng
arXiv:2609.12682v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Reconstructing 3D scenes under real-world low-light conditions remains challenging due to severe sensor noise, low signal-to-noise ratios, and degraded...
By Shaurya Pavan A, Vemunuri Divya Madhuri, Yash Pradeep Gawande, Kaushik Mitra
arXiv:2609.23380v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Gaussian Splatting has enabled real-time novel view synthesis, but its tightly coupled geometry and appearance representation often require a large num...
By Zhiwei Li, Yijia Guo, Yishi Lu, Liwen Hu, Hong Rao, Shengbo Chen, Lei Ma
arXiv:2608.22344v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) achieves state-of-the-art rendering quality at real-time speeds but suffers from "model bloat" - a large number of redunda...
By Zi-Ming Wang, Kai-Wen Duan, Kowei Huang, Akihiro Sugimoto, Shang-Hong Lai
arXiv:2607.20813v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Pixel-aligned Gaussian splatting enables efficient and generalizable novel-view synthesis. However, high-resolution rendering faces a critical trad...
By Jiun Lee, Jaekwang Kim, Sangmin Lee
arXiv:2606. 29379v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Gaussian splatting (GS) has garnered significant attention in VR/AR and digital content creation due to its explicit parameterization and efficient rendering capabilities.
By Jiaxin Li, Tong Wu, Yi Wei, Tailin Wu, Li Zhang
arXiv:2609. 03334v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A key bottleneck in 3D Gaussian Splatting training is the continual growth of Gaussian primitives, which increases optimization cost and slows convergence, especially at high resolutions.
By Yixiong Yang, Sisheng Zhang, Qingsong Yan, Shaohuai Shi, Qiang Wang
arXiv:2609.39553v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) enables real-time novel view synthesis, but existing general-purpose acceleration methods suffer severe rendering quality...
By Changbai Li, Shuo Yang, Yichen Yang, Shuwei Shao, Huobin Tan