Grace Cathedral Gaussian Splat tour
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Grace Cathedral Gaussian Splat tour
Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco
vincentwoo.com#gaussian splatting#3d scan#virtual tour#grace cathedral#photogrammetry
How HN took it
19 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score +0.34.
Performance: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 5 for, 2 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Stunning level of detail and realism
From 3 comments
absolutely crazy level of detail... in awe
bytesandbits on HNHi Vincent, the Sutro Tower 3dgs demo is one I enjoyed a lot. I'd whip it out on my phone and show people saying, 'hey look this is whats possible with 3D Gaussian Splatting'.…
hdz on HNUnreal. It’s been years since I’ve been here. It’s crazy the fidelity you can capture. Stunning work. Unrelated silly question. Are you the same Vincent Woo who went over the…
arjie on HN
Cutaway Peek feature and cars animation add immersion
From 3 comments
The Peek mode is insanely good, it reminds me of those exploded views of buildings and "how things work" children books. The model seems to be having a hard time with the marble…
franky47 on HNDid you animate the cars separately? That really did a lot to add to the immersion (and the sound effects too). If nothing moved I think the effect would be significantly…
hankbond on HNYes, the cars are separated out and procedurally animated. They're splats, like the rest of the scene. Easily done in PlayCanvas - simple but effective!
ovenchips on HN
Works well on mobile
From 2 comments
This is such a cool immersive experience on mobile that works so well. Great job on this!
petarb on HNBeautiful work, thank you for sharing it! In case it's useful, given your last sentence, it runs really well on Chrome on Android (on a Pixel 10) but it's a bit glitchy (although…
nmstoker on HN
Objections
Stops working or crashes in Firefox WebGPU on some Windows setups
From 3 comments
Looks good the few seconds it works here. Then stops working and I have to close the tab and reopen for it to work again for another few seconds. Firefox, Windows 11, Nvidia Get…
magicalhippo on HNTotally hung my Windows 11 machine with Firefox and 32GB of RAM. Ryzen 8745HS (Radeon 780M iGPU).
gblargg on HNRTX 5090 with 610.62 drivers, Windows 11 25H2, Firefox 153.0b9. FWIW I tried the other one linked here[1] which also throws the same error and stops. Using the same engine…
magicalhippo on HN
On-rails camera hides the Keith Haring altarpiece
From 1 comment
The Keith Haring altarpiece is a really cool surprise! It's unfortunate that this tour makes it very difficult to see. Really not a fan of this "on rails" presentation style. I…
sublinear on HN
Marble floor and some details look low resolution or blurry
From 2 comments
The Peek mode is insanely good, it reminds me of those exploded views of buildings and "how things work" children books. The model seems to be having a hard time with the marble…
franky47 on HNI had a bit of an amusing time trying to see if I could find my apartment. I could though it was quite blurry :)
saagarjha on HN
Requests
Write more about the capture process
From 2 comments
So beautifully done, its mindblowing. Please blog about your process a bit more.
skanga on HNabsolutely beautiful. I'd love to learn this process and attempt to capture a local rock climbing route. anything you write about the process, or how you learned are very welcome.
schaefer on HN
Tutorial on how to build similar scenes
From 1 comment
- top tier work - let us say i wanted to bring a city to life like this - what does the procedure look like on my end - what inputs, tools, libraries would i need to go about…
vivzkestrel on HN
Questions
How was the clean model produced without artifacts
From 1 comment
Very impressive. How are you managing to produce such a clean model without artifacts?
squidsoup on HN
How the interior and exterior captures were registered
From 1 comment
Combining the interior and exterior captures sounds like the hard part. How did you get the two sets registered to each other?
satoyoshidev on HN
Alternatives named
Superspl.at scene
From 1 comment
Don't miss this one: https://superspl.at/scene/c67edb74
CamperBob2 on HN
Immersive Tech Chateau La Sarraz demo
From 1 comment
Gsplat is indeed the future for graphics. Handling much more detail in mobile hardware spec. Check this work too. (Not mine) https://demo.immersivetech.ch/chateau-la-sarraz/
suejunghuh0 on HN