Introducing Kaleido💮 from AI at Meta — a universal... generative neural rendering engine for photorealistic, unified object and scene view synthesis. Kaleido is built on a simple but powerful design philosophy: 3D perception is a form of visual common sense. Following this idea, we formulate rendering purely as a sequence-to-sequence generation problem, successfully unifying neural rendering with the architecture principles behind modern language and video models. Unlike traditional neural rendering methods, Kaleido learns 3D purely in a data-driven way, without explicit 3D representations or structures. It acquires spatial understanding directly through large-scale video pretraining, then multi-view 3D data finetuning, inspired by how LLMs acquire textual common sense from large corpora before specialising in domains like coding. Through extensive ablations, we progressively modernised the architecture design and training strategies and tackled key scaling challenges in sequence-to-sequence generative rendering, arriving at a design that’s simple, versatile, and scalable. Kaleido significantly outperforms prior generative models in few-view settings, and remarkably is the first zero-shot generative method matches InstantNGP-level rendering quality in multi-view settings. We view Kaleido also as an alternative step towards world modeling that flexibly spans a spectrum of “realities": with many views, it faithfully reconstructs grounded reality; with fewer views, it imagines plausible unseen details. 🔗 Explore more results and paper:show more

3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering paper... page: Radiance Field methods have recently revolutionized novel-view synthesis of scenes captured with multiple photos or videos. However, achieving high visual quality still requires neural networks that are costly to train and render, while recent faster methods inevitably trade off speed for quality. For unbounded and complete scenes (rather than isolated objects) and 1080p resolution rendering, no current method can achieve real-time display rates. We introduce three key elements that allow us to achieve state-of-the-art visual quality while maintaining competitive training times and importantly allow high-quality real-time (>= 30 fps) novel-view synthesis at 1080p resolution. First, starting from sparse points produced during camera calibration, we represent the scene with 3D Gaussians that preserve desirable properties of continuous volumetric radiance fields for scene optimization while avoiding unnecessary computation in empty space; Second, we perform interleaved optimization/density control of the 3D Gaussians, notably optimizing anisotropic covariance to achieve an accurate representation of the scene; Third, we develop a fast visibility-aware rendering algorithm that supports anisotropic splatting and both accelerates training and allows realtime rendering. We demonstrate state-of-the-art visual quality and real-time rendering on several established datasets.show more

Is Google taking initial steps to enhance Street View?... For some reason, Street View seems stuck in technology that feels outdated. I wonder if we'll see such improvements on the product side. Also, note how much better it performs in all aspects compared to Zip-NeRF in their presented material. It offers more details and fewer artifacts. Great work! "LODGE: Level-of-Detail Large-Scale Gaussian Splatting with Efficient Rendering" Contributions: • We propose a novel LOD representation for 3DGS which, unlike previous methods [27, 28, 17], does not recompute the list of used Gaussians at each frame. This allows for acceleration and compaction, enabling the rendering of large-scale scenes even on mobile devices. • We design a strategy to automatically select optimal hyperparameters for splitting LODs, whereas most other methods require manual tuning of hyperparameters for each 3D scene. • To further accelerate rendering, we split the scene into chunks and pre-compute sets of active Gaussians per chunk. • Finally, we introduce a novel opacity interpolation scheme to produce visually pleasing rendering and eliminate artifacts when transitioning between chunks.show more

Gaming + Generative AI This is a scene from... GTA: San Andreas reimagined with Runway Gen-3 Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia spoke of the future of DLSS where he mentioned DLSS to generate in-game assets, such as textures and objects and DLSS 10 hypothetically Delivering Full Neural Rendering. This may look bad and un-playable by our today's standards but we all know how good Generative AI Video has gotten over a few short years. This is the future of Gaming combined with Generative AI to create photorealism Video Credit: Niccyanshow more

DroneSplat: 3D Gaussian Splatting for Robust 3D Reconstruction from... In-the-Wild Drone Imagery Abstract: Drones have become essential tools for reconstructing wild scenes due to their outstanding maneuverability. Recent advances in radiance field methods have achieved remarkable rendering quality, providing a new avenue for 3D reconstruction from drone imagery. However, dynamic distractors in wild environments challenge the static scene assumption in radiance fields, while limited view constraints hinder the accurate capture of underlying scene geometry. To address these challenges, we introduce DroneSplat, a novel framework designed for robust 3D reconstruction from in-the-wild drone imagery. Our method adaptively adjusts masking thresholds by integrating local-global segmentation heuristics with statistical approaches, enabling precise identification and elimination of dynamic distractors in static scenes. We enhance 3D Gaussian Splatting with multi-view stereo predictions and a voxel-guided optimization strategy, supporting high-quality rendering under limited view constraints. For comprehensive evaluation, we provide a drone-captured 3D reconstruction dataset encompassing both dynamic and static scenes. Extensive experiments demonstrate that DroneSplat outperforms both 3DGS and NeRF baselines in handling in-the-wild drone imagery.show more

We built a better alternative to json-render & A2UI... Up to 3x faster rendering & 67% fewer tokens. Far fewer broken outputs. We've been shipping Generative UI interfaces to 10,000+ developers for the past year. We know where JSON-based rendering breaks in production. So we built a new format - one that works with how models actually generate, not against it. And today we're open sourcing it: openui [dot] comshow more

I always thought camera pose estimation is necessary for... 3D reconstruction, until Zequn and Stephen proved me wrong! Introducing PreF3R, purely feed-forward 3D Gaussian Splatting without any intermediate pose estimation and COLMAP initialization. Video in, 3D Gaussians and novel view rendering out. Key technique: spatial memory network from Spann3R and Gaussian head supervised by pointmap loss plus photometric loss. See more at:show more

NVIDIA AI Released DiffusionRenderer: An AI Model for Editable,... Photorealistic 3D Scenes from a Single Video In a groundbreaking new paper, researchers at NVIDIA, University of Toronto, Vector Institute and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have unveiled a framework that directly tackles this challenge. DiffusionRenderer represents a revolutionary leap forward, moving beyond mere generation to offer a unified solution for understanding and manipulating 3D scenes from a single video. It effectively bridges the gap between generation and editing, unlocking the true creative potential of AI-driven content. DiffusionRenderer treats the “what” (the scene’s properties) and the “how” (the rendering) in one unified framework built on the same powerful video diffusion architecture that underpins models like Stable Video Diffusion..... Read full article here: Paper: GitHub Page: NVIDIA NVIDIA AI NVIDIAnewsroom NVIDIA AIDevshow more

Photorealistic Object Insertion with Diffusion-Guided Inverse Rendering discuss: The... correct insertion of virtual objects in images of real-world scenes requires a deep understanding of the scene's lighting, geometry and materials, as well as the image formation process. While recent large-scale diffusion models have shown strong generative and inpainting capabilities, we find that current models do not sufficiently "understand" the scene shown in a single picture to generate consistent lighting effects (shadows, bright reflections, etc.) while preserving the identity and details of the composited object. We propose using a personalized large diffusion model as guidance to a physically based inverse rendering process. Our method recovers scene lighting and tone-mapping parameters, allowing the photorealistic composition of arbitrary virtual objects in single frames or videos of indoor or outdoor scenes. Our physically based pipeline further enables automatic materials and tone-mapping refinement.show more

Realistic hair and fur rendering in EEVEE, is that... of any interest to you as a 3d artist? 🤭 #b3dshow more

woww.. AI can literally do 3D rendering now just... upload a draft 3D animation, it turns it into cinematic film scene you can control the looks of the car and environment with image refs no need days of rendering anymore..show more

3D rendering will change in a big way. Sora... video to video and Dreams on my PS5🔥 #art #aishow more

Diffuman4D: 4D Consistent Human View Synthesis from Sparse-View Videos... with Spatio-Temporal Diffusion Models Contributions: • We introduce Diffuman4D, a novel diffusion model that generates spatio-temporally consistent and high-resolution (1024p) human videos from sparse-view video inputs. • We propose a sliding iterative denoising mechanism that enhances both the spatial and temporal consistency of generated long-term videos while maintaining efficient inference. • We design a human pose conditioning scheme to enhance the appearance quality and motion accuracy of generated human videos. • We plan to release our processed version of the DNA-Rendering dataset, which we believe will benefit future research in this area.show more

ImmerseGen: Agent-Guided Immersive World Generation with Alpha-Textured Proxies Contributions:... 1) We propose ImmerseGen, a novel agent-guided 3D environment generation framework. It uses simplified geometric proxies with alpha-textured meshes to produce compact, photorealistic worlds ready for real-time mobile VR rendering. 2) We propose a novel RGBA texturing paradigm. It first synthesizes 8K terrain textures using a geometry-conditioned panorama generator via user-centric mapping, and then directly generates alpha-textured proxy assets, avoiding fidelity loss typically resulting from mesh decimation. 3) To automate scene creation from user prompts, we introduce VLM-based modeling agents equipped with a novel grid-based semantic analysis. This enables 3D spatial reasoning from 2D observations and ensures accurate asset placement. ImmerseGen further enhances immersion with dynamic effects and ambient audio for a multisensory experience. 4) Experiments on multiple scene-generation scenarios and live mobile VR applications show that ImmerseGen outperforms previous methods in visual quality, realism, spatial coherence, and rendering efficiency for immersive real-time VR experiences.show more

It looks like DLSS 5 was an AI-gen filter... after all. YouTube Creator “Daniel Owen” asked Nvidia some questions regarding DLSS 5 and if it essentially just takes a single 2D frame with motion vectors as input to generate the output frame. The amount of buzz words Jensen Huang said like; Neural Rendering, Content-Control Generative AI and generative control at the geometry level just to end up admitting that DLSS 5 is what everyone suspected; an AI filter on top of your video-games.show more

DimensionX: Create Any 3D and 4D Scenes from a... Single Image with Controllable Video Diffusion TL;DR: Create 3/4DGS from Video Diffusion Note: Some first inference code released (not all yet). Contributions (cited): • We present DimensionX, a novel framework for generating photorealistic 3D and 4D scenes from only a single image using controllable video diffusion. • We propose ST-Director, which decouples the spatial and temporal priors in video diffusion models by learning (spatial and temporal) dimension-aware modules with our curated datasets. We further enhance the hybriddimension control with a training-free composition approach according to the essence of video diffusion denoising process. • To bridge the gap between video diffusion and real-world scenes, we design a trajectory-aware mechanism for 3D generation and an identity-preserving denoising approach for 4D generation, enabling more realistic and controllable scene synthesis. • Extensive experiments manifest that our DimensionX delivers superior performance in video, 3D, and 4D generation compared with baseline methods.show more

Meet 3D Gaussian Splatting - a 3D AI breakthrough... that’s changing the game for real-time 3D rendering. It generates 3D world with state-of-the-art visuals at fast speeds: 100+ fps at 1080p. Here’s the magic behind it:show more

How can we use test-time compute for spatial understanding?... 🤔 In InterPose, we propose to repeatedly sample generative video models to help two-view pose estimation and reconstruction, by leveraging the video models' keyframe interpolation abilities. A 🧵... (1/8)show more

⚛️ In React, rendering large lists or tables can... be a drag on performance. The fix? Virtualization! the process of only rendering part of that large data set (just enough to fill the viewport). ✅ Improves rendering time significantly. ✅ Lowers memory consumption.show more

F3D-Gaus: Feed-forward 3D-aware Generation on ImageNet with Cycle-Consistent Gaussian... Splatting Contributions: • We pioneer 3D-aware generation using generalizable feed-forward Gaussian Splatting representation, achieving significant efficiency and favorable rendering quality on monocular datasets. • We significantly advance the capability of pixel-aligned Gaussian Splatting representations by designing a self-supervised cycle training strategy specifically tailored for monocular datasets. • We further mitigate the artifacts of 3D-aware representations caused by large viewpoint shifts by introducing geometry-aware video priors.show more