Reality capture, explained

Guides on Gaussian Splats, 3D formats, and putting captures to work on real projects.

• What is a Gaussian Splat? A plain-English guide to 3D Gaussian Splatting: Gaussian Splatting turns ordinary photos or video into a photoreal 3D scene you can walk around in a browser. Here is how it works, and where it beats meshes and point clouds.
• Gaussian Splat file formats explained: .ply, .splat, .spz, .ksplat, .sog and .rad: Which Gaussian Splat format should you use? A practical comparison of PLY, SPLAT, SPZ, KSPLAT, SOG and RAD, covering size, quality and how to open each one in your browser.
• Gaussian Splatting for construction: site records, progress tracking and BIM: How construction and property teams use Gaussian Splats from drones and phones to document sites, share progress with clients and check work against BIM.