3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering (Kerbl et al.)
June 5, 2026
novel view synthesis (NVS) - given images of a scene from known camera positions, generate what the scene would look like from a new camera position
-real-time novel view synthesis typically means at least 30 fps
radiance field - a function describing what light exists at every point in 3D space for every viewing direction
-optimize the scene by cloning, splitting, and pruning Gaussians so representation density matches the geometry
-project 3D Gaussians into 2D during rendering to produce high-fidelity images at real-time speeds