Understanding Gaussian Splatting w/ NVIDIA's Ruilong Li

Computer Vision Decoded

In this episode of Computer Vision Decoded, our hosts Jonathan Stephens and Jared Heinly are joined by Ruilong Li, a researcher at NVIDIA and key contributor to both Nerfstudio and gsplat, to dive deep into 3D Gaussian Splatting. They explore how this relatively new technology works, from the fundamentals of gaussian representations to the optimization process that creates photorealistic 3D scenes. Ruilong explains the technical details behind gaussian splatting, and discusses the development of the popular gsplat library. The conversation covers practical advice for capturing high-quality data, the iterative training process, and how Gaussian splatting compares to other 3D representations like meshes and NeRFs.

Links:

• gsplat: https://github.com/nerfstudio-project/gsplat
• Nerfstudio: https://docs.nerf.studio/

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• Ruilong on X: https://x.com/ruilong_li
• Jared on X: https://x.com/JaredHeinly
• Jonathan on X: https://x.com/jonstephens85

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