3D Gaussian Splatting

Mobile 3D scanning app now lets you export an unlimited number of photogrammetry or Lidar scans for free. Check out the other changes.

Monday, September 8th, 2025

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Friday, September 5th, 2025

New collaboration between Khronos Group and the Open Geospatial Consortium paves the way towards support for 3DGS data in glTF files.

Friday, August 29th, 2025

Check out the new AI Material Generator and image enhancer in this major update to Chaos's production renderer.

Thursday, August 7th, 2025

Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

Wide-ranging update to the architectural renderer adds AI PBR material generation, plus new scene layout, camera and lighting tools.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

Check out the new features in this wide-ranging update to the real-time 3D engine. Available free for indie games and VFX projects.

Monday, July 14th, 2025

Mobile 3D scanning app uses new machine learning techniques to refine raw environment scans captured on iPhone and iPad Pros.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

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

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

Monday, February 17th, 2025

Check out the new features in the renderer, including a new Houdini-specific volume shader and better integration with Solaris.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the VFX renderer, including OpenPBR support and changes to USD support specific to the Maya edition.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Kiri Engine 3.13 improves the quality of 3D Gaussian Splatting in the app, sharpening scans and reducing 3DGS file sizes 'approximately 50%'.

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025