Azad Balabanian

3D scanning/recon—Product @nianticspatial, formerly @puzzlingplaces, @uploadvr. Perpetuel typos. Opinions my own

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

accidentally loaded a 2 splats together (SF + church in Ani) and the result is kinda cool

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@cogentia also here, i focus on on all trees and foliage https://t.co/WVfFNeoQW9

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

Some observations regarding the Gaussian splats in apple maps visionOS 27

- the quality is very consistent. No ghosting, no holes, no semi opaque surfaces.
- the off axis views are quite high fidelity. Doesn’t suffer from novel view angles
- i don’t see any reflectivity or spherical harmonics. Probably to save bandwidth cost or training speed

Impressive stuff!

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

I believe that Apple Maps in visionOS 27 is a combination of photogrammetry meshes + Gaussian splats.

Here’s proof (🔈 on)

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@cogentia

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@pablovelagomez1 With a mavic mini 4 pro and a patient wife :)

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

A year ago, my wife and I were in these hills in South Tyrol

Now I get to revisit it as a Gaussian splat! Just posted it on SuperSplat - https://t.co/WYSGSzpzuD

downloadable with CC4.0-- Go nuts!

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

I think I figured it out https://t.co/7fH8cqTZTS

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

I believe that Apple Maps in visionOS 27 is a combination of photogrammetry meshes + Gaussian splats.

Here’s proof (🔈 on)

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

Some observations regarding the Gaussian splats in apple maps visionOS 27

- the quality is very consistent. No ghosting, no holes, no semi opaque surfaces.
- the off axis views are quite high fidelity. Doesn’t suffer from novel view angles
- i don’t see any reflectivity or spherical harmonics. Probably to save bandwidth cost or training speed

Impressive stuff!

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@SFMTA_Muni can you do something about the N line trains going W from Embarcadero smelling like absolute butthole every day?

Idk if they just need to be cleaned at the turnarounds, but they really, really smell bad on almost every single day during rush hour

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@destraynor > It's objectively better, easier, faster.

It really isn’t. Recognition > recall https://t.co/QvBhCGvY7i

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@taiuti @tolgakart @reactorworld @AWSstartups

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

It’s only been a year since Claude code and “vibe coding” has become a thing

It’s incredible how life changing it has been for SO many people. As frustrating as it can be, i am grateful for it every day

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@Slonk01 @art_rube The music and the loading UX was something Marty said he worked on, and put in a lot of effort to optimize. He too complained about MCC clearly not understanding those decisions and not replicating them

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

Funny. Michael Abrash has a special thanks in the Halo 2 credits

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@MCDopsa It works, but not super well. It adds depth to everything, but everything is warped.

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

My Death Valley pano is a perfect spatial background for visionOS 27

Here’s the photo if you want it too: https://t.co/rNphutjAPw

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@DalalUtkarsh Hell yeah. Is it tied into any external rating db like emuready or is it purely from the in-app ratings?

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@jimmygunawanapp In visionos there’s a pano filter in the left side of photos app

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@faraz_r_khan @think_in_points Exactly right

[Arun Kurian @AKurian001]

Apple now natively supports Gaussian Splats in RealityKit on VisionOS 27.

Sample Code :
https://t.co/co9xY0o8WL

Current implementation seems capped at 200K points for performance. The resolution also looks a bit scaled down.

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

@mazy1998 @bilawalsidhu @RadianceFields