Interactive Gaussian Splat:
https://superspl.at/scene/85f63eb0
Source videos:
https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-view-of-historic-church-in-urban-setting-29196253/
https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-view-of-historic-stone-church-and-neighborhood-29196283/
https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-view-of-historic-church-and-surrounding-area-29196285/
I reconstructed Bolton Priory from public travel footage and turned it into an interactive Gaussian Splat.
For this experiment, I used videos by David Pickup from Pexels, extracted frames from the footage, aligned the cameras in RealityScan, and built the final 3DGS scene in LichtFeld.
Source videos:
https://www.pexels.com/@davidpickup/gallery/?filter=videos
Location:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/GGneodrkR7XhtZYS9
I had previously made a traditional 3D model of the same place, so I wanted to try the same kind of reconstruction as a splat and compare how it feels.
Older mesh version:
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/bolton-priory-0f91b25d4adc4d84a1caf4827b676416
Interactive Gaussian Splat:
https://superspl.at/scene/56496eab
I’m currently preparing a full step-by-step tutorial covering the whole process: extracting frames from video, aligning cameras in RealityScan, training the splat in LichtFeld, and publishing the final scene.
I’ve been experimenting with reconstructing places from video instead of a traditional photo set. For this one, I used footage of Anciolina, extracted 1,180 frames, aligned the cameras in RealityScan, and used that reconstruction as the basis for a Gaussian Splat scene in LichtFeld.
What made this especially interesting to me is that I had already used the same footage once before to build a more traditional 3D model — so this time I wanted to see how the result would feel as a splat instead of a mesh.
Interactive scene: https://superspl.at/scene/1278e99d
Older mesh version: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/anciolina-3d-hilltop-village-scan-snowy-64ede430838142f5929edfc7eb371efc
The original footage was shot by Mark Soetebier on Pexels, and the creator also has a longer YouTube travel video from the trip.
My workflow:
Along the way, I also built a small LichtFeld plugin that exports training metrics to TensorBoard, so I could inspect the reconstruction process in more detail.
I’ll probably write a separate post about that next — what it tracks, why it’s useful, and how it helps with tuning Gaussian Splatting experiments.