Posts on Thomas Schäfer

First training

kontakt@thshepard.de (Thomas Schäfer) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Shooting your first splat

kontakt@thshepard.de (Thomas Schäfer) — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Choosing a subject
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Your first splat should be as simple as possible: ideally an everyday object that you are very fond of. Scanning an entire room or a whole building is a bit too ambitious for a first attempt. Unless, of course, you already have video footage on hand, such as old drone recordings. I chose my teapot, which my girlfriend and I bought on vacation.

Requirements

kontakt@thshepard.de (Thomas Schäfer) — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Capturing
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To capture Gaussian Splats, many images from different viewing angles are needed. This can essentially be done with any camera, but some cameras are better suited than others. In my experience, it is easier later on to record a video instead of taking many individual photos.

What are gaussian splats?

kontakt@thshepard.de (Thomas Schäfer) — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The dream of photorealistic representations of digital twins has been inspiring the world since at least the Terravision demo back in 1995. Now this dream is more tangible than ever before.

Gaussian Splats are a method for rendering 3D scenes photorealistically on as many devices as possible.