Blender 5.3 Adds Native Gaussian Splatting Support with Import Quirks

Blender 5.3 natively supports Gaussian Splatting, allowing .ply files to be dragged directly into scenes, with experiments combining geometry nodes being collected on X. However, rotating imported splats currently produces fuzzy distorted artifacts.

2026-10-20 ~ 2026-10-20 · 2 related posts

• Blender 5.3 adds native Gaussian Splatting support, just drop .ply files in — 5agado · 2026-10-20
• Blender 5.3 natively supports Gaussian splats — but don't rotate them, or they turn fluffy — 5agado · 2026-10-20