Fable created novel 4D splat format • Hacker News Board

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by adamraudonis » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 4:08 AM UTC

Lucasoato wrote: post #5

Doesn’t with for me, iOS Safari :/

The viewer uses WebGPU... I could support WebGL for greater compatibility.

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by sulam » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 4:20 AM UTC

goosethe wrote: post #19

I feel like I did this one already: https://github.com/seanwevans/4splat

Wow dude. That is a hell of a README. Great job!

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by IanCal » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 4:21 AM UTC

goosethe wrote: post #19

I feel like I did this one already: https://github.com/seanwevans/4splat

Admittedly just scanned this but that’s lossless, right?

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by dwohnitmok » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC

goosethe wrote: post #19

I feel like I did this one already: https://github.com/seanwevans/4splat

Do you know what kind of compression ratios you get out of curiosity? Presumably it would be lower than this format (because this format is meant to be lossy not lossless) but very curious as a baseline.

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by zamalek » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC

> a splat is static iff a single quantized value

What is up with LLMs and "iff"?

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by anon7000 » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC

noosphr wrote: post #33

goosethe wrote: post #19

I feel like I did this one already: https://github.com/seanwevans/4splat

Well there's your problem, you didn't say you wasted a million dollars doing something an expert can do in an afternoon.

I mean it’s probably in the training data too

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by _0ffh » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC

zamalek wrote: post #55

> a splat is static iff a single quantized value What is up with LLMs and "iff"?

Well, iff is a useful abbreviation. I use it in personal notes at least, and would use it more often if I thought it was more widely understood.

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by beAbU » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC

goosethe wrote: post #19

I feel like I did this one already: https://github.com/seanwevans/4splat

Your readme is really mobile unfriendly, FYI

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by noosphr » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC

consensus1 wrote: post #48

noosphr wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Software created by algorithms is public domain.

MIT license is basically that

It isn't.

Re: Fable created novel 4D splat format

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Post by braebo » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

delichon wrote: post #10

A gaussian gif. Coming to porn sites soon. The file format name works for them. But imagine whole movies shot in this format. The fly-on-the-wall fantasy of movies, without being locked in place for the whole shot. Narrative possibilities like being able to examine just how close the Tyrannosaurus Rex is to your rear view mirror. Clues in a mystery only visible on rotation. Hidden bonus scenes. I hope this catches on…

So a video game?