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Differentiable Blocks World: Qualitative 3D Decomposition by Rendering Primitives paper page: Given a set of calibrated images of a scene, we present an approach that produces a simple, compact, and actionable 3D world representation by means of 3D primitives. While many approaches focus on recovering high-fidelity 3D scenes, we... focus on parsing a scene into mid-level 3D representations made of a small set of textured primitives. Such representations are interpretable, easy to manipulate and suited for physics-based simulations. Moreover, unlike existing primitive decomposition methods that rely on 3D input data, our approach operates directly on images through differentiable rendering. Specifically, we model primitives as textured superquadric meshes and optimize their parameters from scratch with an image rendering loss. We highlight the importance of modeling transparency for each primitive, which is critical for optimization and also enables handling varying numbers of primitives. We show that the resulting textured primitives faithfully reconstruct the input images and accurately model the visible 3D points, while providing amodal shape completions of unseen object regions. We compare our approach to the state of the art on diverse scenes from DTU, and demonstrate its robustness on real-life captures from BlendedMVS and Nerfstudio. We also showcase how our results can be used to effortlessly edit a scene or perform physical simulations.show more

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41,117 views • 2 years ago

DL3DV-10K: A Large-Scale Scene Dataset for Deep Learning-based 3D Vision paper page: We have witnessed significant progress in deep learning-based 3D vision, ranging from neural radiance field (NeRF) based 3D representation learning to applications in novel view synthesis (NVS). However, existing scene-level datasets for deep learning-based 3D vision, limited to either synthetic environments or a narrow selection of real-world scenes, are quite insufficient. This insufficiency not only hinders a comprehensive benchmark of existing methods but also caps what could be explored in deep learning-based 3D analysis. To address this critical gap, we present DL3DV-10K, a large-scale scene dataset, featuring 51.2 million frames from 10,510 videos captured from 65 types of point-of-interest (POI) locations, covering both bounded and unbounded scenes, with different levels of reflection, transparency, and lighting. We conducted a comprehensive benchmark of recent NVS methods on DL3DV-10K, which revealed valuable insights for future research in NVS. In addition, we have obtained encouraging results in a pilot study to learn generalizable NeRF from DL3DV-10K, which manifests the necessity of a large-scale scene-level dataset to forge a path toward a foundation model for learning 3D representation.

DL3DV-10K: A Large-Scale Scene Dataset for Deep Learning-based 3D Vision paper page: We have witnessed significant progress in deep learning-based 3D vision, ranging from neural radiance field (NeRF) based 3D representation learning to applications in novel view synthesis (NVS). However, existing scene-level datasets for deep learning-based 3D vision, limited to either synthetic environments or a narrow selection of real-world scenes, are quite insufficient. This insufficiency not only hinders a comprehensive benchmark of existing methods but also caps what could be explored in deep learning-based 3D analysis. To address this critical gap, we present DL3DV-10K, a large-scale scene dataset, featuring 51.2 million frames from 10,510 videos captured from 65 types of point-of-interest (POI) locations, covering both bounded and unbounded scenes, with different levels of reflection, transparency, and lighting. We conducted a comprehensive benchmark of recent NVS methods on DL3DV-10K, which revealed valuable insights for future research in NVS. In addition, we have obtained encouraging results in a pilot study to learn generalizable NeRF from DL3DV-10K, which manifests the necessity of a large-scale scene-level dataset to forge a path toward a foundation model for learning 3D representation.

AK

49,886 views • 2 years ago

Spatio-Temporal Reconstruction Model for Large-Scale Outdoor Scenes Contributions: • We propose STORM, the first feed-forward, self-supervised method for fast and accurate reconstruction of dynamic 3D scenes from sparse, multi-timestep, posed camera images. • Our bottom-up framework aggregates and transforms per-frame 3D Gaussian Splats into a cohesive scene representation, enabling self-supervised motion estimation. Furthermore, we introduce motion tokens that capture common motion primitives and regularize motion predictions, facilitating dynamic motion group segmentation without explicit motion or correspondence supervision. • We present several enhancements for in-the-wild scenarios, including sky modeling, camera exposure inconsistency handling, large novel-view extrapolation, and fine-grained human motions reconstruction, making STORM well-suited for real-world applications.

Spatio-Temporal Reconstruction Model for Large-Scale Outdoor Scenes Contributions: • We propose STORM, the first feed-forward, self-supervised method for fast and accurate reconstruction of dynamic 3D scenes from sparse, multi-timestep, posed camera images. • Our bottom-up framework aggregates and transforms per-frame 3D Gaussian Splats into a cohesive scene representation, enabling self-supervised motion estimation. Furthermore, we introduce motion tokens that capture common motion primitives and regularize motion predictions, facilitating dynamic motion group segmentation without explicit motion or correspondence supervision. • We present several enhancements for in-the-wild scenarios, including sky modeling, camera exposure inconsistency handling, large novel-view extrapolation, and fine-grained human motions reconstruction, making STORM well-suited for real-world applications.

MrNeRF

53,292 views • 1 year ago

[SIGGRAPH '25] TeGA: Texture Space Gaussian Avatars for High-Resolution Dynamic Head Modeling Note: On the left that's a 3DGS rendering! Contributions: 1. We propose a simple approach for rigging 3D Gaussians within the continuous tangent space of 3DMM face models, allowing Gaussians to move freely across mesh triangles. 2. We propose a novel CNN-based deformation model that is agnostic to the number of 3D Gaussians, naturally enabling adaptively densification of the representation to improve detail where most needed, with expression-dependent shading. 3. We show significant improvements over baseline SOTA methods and demonstrate the ability to render even extreme close-up images at high quality.

[SIGGRAPH '25] TeGA: Texture Space Gaussian Avatars for High-Resolution Dynamic Head Modeling Note: On the left that's a 3DGS rendering! Contributions: 1. We propose a simple approach for rigging 3D Gaussians within the continuous tangent space of 3DMM face models, allowing Gaussians to move freely across mesh triangles. 2. We propose a novel CNN-based deformation model that is agnostic to the number of 3D Gaussians, naturally enabling adaptively densification of the representation to improve detail where most needed, with expression-dependent shading. 3. We show significant improvements over baseline SOTA methods and demonstrate the ability to render even extreme close-up images at high quality.

MrNeRF

29,010 views • 1 year ago

An Object is Worth 64x64 Pixels: Generating 3D Object via Image Diffusion discuss: We introduce a new approach for generating realistic 3D models with UV maps through a representation termed "Object Images." This approach encapsulates surface geometry, appearance, and patch structures within a 64x64 pixel image, effectively converting complex 3D shapes into a more manageable 2D format. By doing so, we address the challenges of both geometric and semantic irregularity inherent in polygonal meshes. This method allows us to use image generation models, such as Diffusion Transformers, directly for 3D shape generation. Evaluated on the ABO dataset, our generated shapes with patch structures achieve point cloud FID comparable to recent 3D generative models, while naturally supporting PBR material generation.

An Object is Worth 64x64 Pixels: Generating 3D Object via Image Diffusion discuss: We introduce a new approach for generating realistic 3D models with UV maps through a representation termed "Object Images." This approach encapsulates surface geometry, appearance, and patch structures within a 64x64 pixel image, effectively converting complex 3D shapes into a more manageable 2D format. By doing so, we address the challenges of both geometric and semantic irregularity inherent in polygonal meshes. This method allows us to use image generation models, such as Diffusion Transformers, directly for 3D shape generation. Evaluated on the ABO dataset, our generated shapes with patch structures achieve point cloud FID comparable to recent 3D generative models, while naturally supporting PBR material generation.

AK

66,412 views • 1 year ago