Scantic trains 3D Gaussian Splats entirely on your phone

New iOS app generates 3DGS scans of objects and environments entirely on your phone, without cloud processing. The base app is free.

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026

OpenUSD 26.03 adds support for 3D Gaussian Splats

3DGS data can now be converted from PLY format, stored natively in USD files, and rendered using the new hdParticleField renderer.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

3D Gaussian Splats are being added to the glTF standard

Updated: new release candidate for the core glTF Gaussian Splatting Extension paves the way towards support for 3DGS data in glTF files.

Thursday, February 5th, 2026

3DGS Render 3.0 lets you paint 3D Gaussian Splats in Blender

3D scanning firm Kiri Innovations' free add-on now lets you paint onto 3DGS data inside Blender, including through texture images.

Friday, March 28th, 2025

SuperSplat 2.0 lets you create flythroughs of 3D Gaussian Splats

Free, open-source online tool for viewing and editing 3DGS data can now add camera animations to existing scans.

Monday, February 17th, 2025

3DGS Render 2.0 now lets you edit 3D Gaussian Splats in Blender

3D scanning firm Kiri Innovations' free add-on lets you edit 3DGS scan data inside Blender, and apply simple animated effects.

Tuesday, November 26th, 2024

Free tool: 3DGS Render renders 3D Gaussian Splats inside Blender

Neat free add-on from the developer of Kiri Engine lets you manipulate and render 3DGS scans directly inside Blender.

Saturday, September 28th, 2024

SuperSplat is a free online editor for 3D Gaussian Splats

Neat open-source tool lets you crop and clean up 3DGS scan data in a standard web browser. Source code is available under an MIT license.

Monday, August 12th, 2024

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2027.2 with editable Gaussian Splats

Sizeable update makes it possible to import, edit, relight and render 3DGS data inside the 3D software. Check out its other new features.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026

3DGS Render 5.0 lets you animate Gaussian Splats inside Blender

Kiri Innovations' free add-on now lets you transfer animation from proxy meshes - including rigged 3D characters - to 3DGS scans.

Tuesday, June 9th, 2026

Check out this free Gaussian Splatting plugin for After Effects

Open-source tool from the creators of 3D scanning app Kiri Engine gets 3DGS data into After Effects for use in compositing and motion graphics.

Thursday, July 30th, 2026

3Dflow releases 3DF Zephyr 9.0 with 3D Gaussian Splatting

Photogrammetry software now generates 3D Gaussian Splats from source images or video, as well as point clouds and 3D meshes.

Friday, July 17th, 2026

Autodesk releases Arnold 7.5.2 with 3D Gaussian Splatting

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including the option to relight and render imported 3D Gaussian Splats.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026