Stunning beetle 3D Gaussian splat built from 8,699 photos weighs just 6MB
willeastcott · x · 2026-09-09
A homemade scanning robot captured 885 viewpoints of a beetle with 12 focus-stacked frames each (8,699 photos total), producing a stunningly detailed 3D Gaussian splat that is only 6MB, rendered in the PlayCanvas engine.
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