XR AI Spotlight Gaussian Splats Are Now Web Ready
Nov 12, 2025
Will Eastcott, CEO of PlayCanvas and a gaming industry veteran, discusses the exciting shift of Gaussian splatting from concept to practical use. He elaborates on SuperSplat, an innovative tool for optimizing splats for web applications. Will reveals how the new SOG format dramatically reduces file sizes while maintaining quality. The conversation covers practical capture techniques, user expectations in different workflows, and the growing impact of splats in ecommerce and cultural heritage, highlighting their potential to revolutionize 3D content.
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Fast Lidar Rigs Expand Capture Scale
- Will described new lidar-style capture devices that can scan large areas in minutes, improving capture scale.
- He contrasted mobile 360 setups with modern rigs that produce far larger, denser splats.
Prepare Splats With SuperSplat
- Use SuperSplat to clean, crop, recolor, and optimize Gaussian splats before web delivery.
- Export compressed SOG files to dramatically reduce transfer sizes for web viewers.
Stream Splats With Level-Of-Detail
- Use a streaming LOD system to pull Gaussians in chunks and scale rendering to device capability.
- Enable dynamic loading to support phones up to desktops without overloading bandwidth or GPU.