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Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

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Post by akanet »

wxw wrote: post #5

From OP's prior work scanning Sutro Tower in SF: https://vincentwoo.com/2025/02/18/sutro-tower-in-3d/ . > This scan is made possible by recent advances in Gaussian Splatting. This is an emerging technology that lets us quickly create very detailed models just from photographs. For this model (or splat, as we call them), my friend Daylen and I flew our drones around Sutro Tower at a respectful distance for an afternoo…

Yes, I also added a bit of context on twitter (https://xcancel.com/fulligin/status/2079296985811873796) and will probably blog about the process a bit more. Grace was a lot more work than Sutro. I wanted to be ambitious in combining interior/exterior scenes in a new way, and I also wanted it to be less of a "toy". Grace actually plans to use this to show prospective renters the space, and we spent a lot of time making sure it could run well on a wide variety of devices.

Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

#12

Post by wxw »

akanet wrote: post #11
wxw wrote: post #5

From OP's prior work scanning Sutro Tower in SF: https://vincentwoo.com/2025/02/18/sutro-tower-in-3d/ . > This scan is made possible by recent advances in Gaussian Splatting. This is an emerging technology that lets us quickly create very detailed models just from photographs. For this model (or splat, as we call them), my friend Daylen and I flew our drones around Sutro Tower at a respectful distance for an afternoo…

Yes, I also added a bit of context on twitter ( https://xcancel.com/fulligin/status/2079296985811873796 ) and will probably blog about the process a bit more. Grace was a lot more work than Sutro. I wanted to be ambitious in combining interior/exterior scenes in a new way, and I also wanted it to be less of a "toy". Grace actually plans to use this to show prospective renters the space, and we spent a lot of time mak…

Looking forward to it. I'm also a big fan of https://vincentwoo.com/2023/07/20/tunnel-vision-an-unauthori..., thanks for keeping the internet interesting.

Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

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Post by skanga »

akanet wrote: post #11
wxw wrote: post #5

From OP's prior work scanning Sutro Tower in SF: https://vincentwoo.com/2025/02/18/sutro-tower-in-3d/ . > This scan is made possible by recent advances in Gaussian Splatting. This is an emerging technology that lets us quickly create very detailed models just from photographs. For this model (or splat, as we call them), my friend Daylen and I flew our drones around Sutro Tower at a respectful distance for an afternoo…

Yes, I also added a bit of context on twitter ( https://xcancel.com/fulligin/status/2079296985811873796 ) and will probably blog about the process a bit more. Grace was a lot more work than Sutro. I wanted to be ambitious in combining interior/exterior scenes in a new way, and I also wanted it to be less of a "toy". Grace actually plans to use this to show prospective renters the space, and we spent a lot of time mak…

So beautifully done, its mindblowing. Please blog about your process a bit more.

Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

#15

Post by nmstoker »

akanet wrote: post #11
wxw wrote: post #5

From OP's prior work scanning Sutro Tower in SF: https://vincentwoo.com/2025/02/18/sutro-tower-in-3d/ . > This scan is made possible by recent advances in Gaussian Splatting. This is an emerging technology that lets us quickly create very detailed models just from photographs. For this model (or splat, as we call them), my friend Daylen and I flew our drones around Sutro Tower at a respectful distance for an afternoo…

Yes, I also added a bit of context on twitter ( https://xcancel.com/fulligin/status/2079296985811873796 ) and will probably blog about the process a bit more. Grace was a lot more work than Sutro. I wanted to be ambitious in combining interior/exterior scenes in a new way, and I also wanted it to be less of a "toy". Grace actually plans to use this to show prospective renters the space, and we spent a lot of time mak…

Beautiful work, thank you for sharing it!

In case it's useful, given your last sentence, it runs really well on Chrome on Android (on a Pixel 10) but it's a bit glitchy (although not impossible) on Firefox on Android. The loading indicator on Chrome got stuck briefly whereas the Firefox one was smoother, but that's about the only case there Firefox is better.

Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

#16

Post by sublinear »

The Keith Haring altarpiece is a really cool surprise!

It's unfortunate that this tour makes it very difficult to see. Really not a fan of this "on rails" presentation style. I understand the angles matter when viewing a splat, but come on.

Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

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Post by Hnrobert42 »

nmstoker wrote: post #15
akanet wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I also added a bit of context on twitter ( https://xcancel.com/fulligin/status/2079296985811873796 ) and will probably blog about the process a bit more. Grace was a lot more work than Sutro. I wanted to be ambitious in combining interior/exterior scenes in a new way, and I also wanted it to be less of a "toy". Grace actually plans to use this to show prospective renters the space, and we spent a lot of time mak…

Beautiful work, thank you for sharing it! In case it's useful, given your last sentence, it runs really well on Chrome on Android (on a Pixel 10) but it's a bit glitchy (although not impossible) on Firefox on Android. The loading indicator on Chrome got stuck briefly whereas the Firefox one was smoother, but that's about the only case there Firefox is better.

FWIW, it works great in Firefox focus on an iPhone 16 Pro.

Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

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Post by rspeele »

sublinear wrote: post #16

The Keith Haring altarpiece is a really cool surprise! It's unfortunate that this tour makes it very difficult to see. Really not a fan of this "on rails" presentation style. I understand the angles matter when viewing a splat, but come on.

You can also walk freely FPS style with WASD and mouse-dragging to look around.

Re: Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat tour of grace cathedral, San Francisco

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Post by magicalhippo »

Looks good the few seconds it works here. Then stops working and I have to close the tab and reopen for it to work again for another few seconds.

Firefox, Windows 11, Nvidia

Get the following in the console when it stops working:

  Uncaptured WebGPU error: Buffer binding 2 range 138024504 exceeds `max_*_buffer_binding_size` limit 134217728
  Uncaptured WebGPU error: Buffer binding 1 range 138024504 exceeds `max_*_buffer_binding_size` limit 134217728
  Uncaptured WebGPU error: In a set_bind_group command, caused by: BindGroup with '' label is invalid
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