Move over, Lithopane: 3D Printed 3D Photos with Gaussian Splats
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Summary
The innovative way of reproducing photographs in 3D is called Gaussian splats, which uses a 3D scanning technique reproducing visuals rather than just geometry.
Generated from photogrammetry, the images form a point cloud with an associated 3D Gaussian function defining the colour.
Artist Wyatt Roy used a multi-colour DLP resin 3D printer to reproduce images, but it is still very much a work in progress, with one expert stating the process was a “GAUSSIAN SPATIAL OF Color, not distribution of anything”.
Splatting colour rather than geometry is complicated, and the result is a 3D model rather than the 2D photograph.
