Browser-based 3D Gaussian splat of Calico Tanks Trail loads a 410MB scene in seconds
willeastcott · x · 2026-07-28
A 3D Gaussian splat of Nevada’s Calico Tanks Trail runs in the browser via SuperSplat, making it feel like a real walk through the trail while loading a 410MB scene in a few seconds.
The post highlights the combination of SuperSplat, PlayCanvas, and WebGPU/streaming as the key to making large 3D scenes usable on the web.
Related event: SuperSplat Enables Instant Browser Loading of 3D Scenes via WebGPU(2 posts)→
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