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I've been trying to build something myself for biological and heritage captures. Could you elaborate at all on the JS decoder method used or resources that…",{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"PlayCanvas","maker",[66],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"43148090","We're trying to get this upstreamed so I actually expect PlayCanvas to talk about it in the future. Here's the reference (cpu) decoder:…","open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":73,"objections":107,"requests":153,"questions":175,"alternatives":195},[74,89,100],{"value":75,"source":56,"evidence":76},"Photorealistic and beautiful rendering",[77,81,85],{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},"43121562","michaeloder","Fantastic work. This is one of the best gaussian splats I've experienced. Especially in regards to the distant objects and sky. 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Back in 2009 or so, I took dozens of high-resolution photos with my digital camera from the observation spot at Sutro Tower (towards the city, not the tower), and…",{"comments":215,"answered":50,"key":216},14,[217,220,223],{"id":218,"text":219},"43121646","I give a bit more color in the twitter thread https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002Ffulligin\u002Fstatus\u002F1892685973731061937",{"id":221,"text":222},"43122544","the tower released some gigapixel imagery from the top at 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