# @radiancefields on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qq-F35ilpis
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70209239-radiancefields-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/556886cf61.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-31T17:00:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Michael Rubloff (@RadianceFields) — https://gondola.cc/RadianceFields

## Caption

Blender's own developers are building Gaussian splatting into Blender. That happened alongside four separate Blender addons shipping in a single week, a 3x training speedup in LichtFeld Studio, and movie scenes rebuilt as splats that had everyone arguing about what they were looking at.

Design task → https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/159470
Splat I/O + rendering PR (WIP) → https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/163102
Cycles rendering PR (WIP) → https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/pulls/163103
Initial PLY + SPZ import commit → https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/08b091fb606ccd08f3c68db85ee29021f26a7bb4

BLENDER ADDONS
Point Cloud Merger — Olli Huttunen — import, align and merge COLMAP data in Blender → https://toppinappi.gumroad.com/l/PCM?a=555385955
3DGS Render by KIRI Engine v5.1.0 — Apache 2.0, real-time relighting, Eevee splat-to-mesh shadows, improved proxy rigging → https://github.com/Kiri-Innovation/3dgs-render-blender-addon/releases/tag/v5.1.0
Point Cloud Density Splatter (PCD Splatter) — Punto de Ancla Studio — E57, PLY, PTS, XYZ and more into splats, $69.99 → https://superhivemarket.com/products/point-cloud-density-splatter

TRAINERS
LichtFeld Studio — roughly 3x faster training on master; a five-million-Gaussian scene now trains in a bit over four minutes instead of almost thirteen. v0.5.4 is feature complete and stabilizing.
Blog → https://lichtfeld.io/blog/lichtfeld-studio-session-1/
Repo → https://github.com/MrNeRF/LichtFeld-Studio
Janusch and Kristof's update series → https://www.youtube.com/@LichtFeldStudio

AirVis Studio — free, fully local 3DGS training, now on Windows alongside Mac → https://airvisstudio.com/
Windows (Microsoft Store) → https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mw0gnvp1ws1

EVERY ENGINE AND PLUGIN THAT SUPPORTS SPLATTING
The full, maintained list → https://radiancefields.com/platforms

FROM THE COMMUNITY
Daniel Skaale: https://x.com/DSkaale
Emory Center for Digital Scholarship: https://atlantaspacemachine.com/
MultiSet AI: https://multiset.ai/
Our MultiSet coverage → https://radiancefields.com/multiset-ai-gaussian-splats-as-native-vps-map-input
God's Eye View by Bilawal Sidhu — #1 trending on GitHub, MIT → https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view

Insta360 X6 Spatial Capture → https://radiancefields.com/insta360-brings-gaussian-splatting-to-the-x6-with-spatial-capture
Splat Grabber: https://splatgrabber.thatappcompany.co.uk/

RESEARCH
4DAnyone: https://4danyone.github.io/
Pablo Vela's 4DAnyone x Rerun space → https://huggingface.co/spaces/pablovela5620/4danyone-rerun
Rerun → https://rerun.io
KISS-GS: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.26948

JOBS
Gaussian splatting job board, updated daily → https://radiancefields.com/job-board
NVIDIA, Neural Graphics Performance → https://jobs.nvidia.com/careers/job/893393086449
Google, XR Semantic Perception (Zurich) → https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/79074971506090694-research-software-engineer/
Rockstar Games, Senior Technical Artist → https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rockstargames/jobs/7694184003
Engineers: upload your resume and I'll send you listings directly.

MORE FROM RADIANCE FIELDS
Daily coverage → https://radiancefields.com
Newsletter → https://radiancefields.substack.com
X → https://x.com/RadianceFields
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/radiancefields
Discord → https://discord.com/invite/atzsCcAXEh

SPONSORSHIP
This series is looking for a presenting sponsor, and I'm looking for a storage sponsor to move this channel's production from 2D into dynamic 3D capture. contact@radiancefields.com

What blew your mind this week? Comments below, or send it to me directly.

#GaussianSplatting #3DGS #Blender #RadianceFields #NeRF #TouchDesigner #PhotogrammetryToSplats #4DGS #VPS

Timestamps: 
0:00 Movie splats trending again
0:18 Blender's own team is building splat support
0:45 Point Cloud Merger: COLMAP alignment in Blender
0:53 KIRI Engine 3DGS Render 5.1.0
1:14 PCD Splatter turns E57 scans into splats
1:25 LichtFeld Studio gets 3x faster
1:46 AirVis Studio lands on Windows
2:02 Movie scenes rebuilt as splats
2:34 Single images to splats in TouchDesigner
2:40 Emory publishes splat subtitles, MIT licensed
2:57 Mapping the Grand Central subway with VPS
3:21 God's Eye View hits #1 on GitHub
3:36 The Inception navigation clip
3:56 What did you see this week?
4:08 Getting PLYs out of Insta360 Spatial Capture
4:20 4DAnyone gets dramatically cheaper
4:53 Paper of the week: KISS Gaussian Splatting
6:02 NVIDIA, Google and Rockstar are hiring
6:21 Tomorrow: how Sinners used splats
6:36 What tutorials do you actually want?
7:00 Next week

## Stats

- **Views:** 6,546
- **Likes:** 204
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## Tags

4dgs, blender, touchdesigner, nerf, vps, photogrammetrytosplats, 1, gaussiansplatting, radiancefields, 3dgs

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