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A gaussian gif. Coming to porn sites soon. The file format name works for them. But imagine whole movies shot in this format. The fly-on-the-wall fantasy of mov

A gaussian gif. Coming to porn sites soon. The file format name works for them. But imagine whole movies shot in this format. The fly-on-the-wall fantasy of movies, without being locked in place for the whole shot. Narrative possibilities like being able to examine just how close the Tyrannosaurus Rex is to your rear view mirror. Clues in a mystery only visible on rotation. Hidden bonus scenes. I hope this catches on just to be able to watch the evolution of cameras to capture it.

andybak 3mo ago
Ok but you're commenting on the general concept of animated gaussian splats. That's existed for a while and it's unrelated to what this actual post is about which is a new compression method.
- delichon 3mo ago
  I suppose it's the difficulty in recording them rather than the file size that has kept them experimental. But that's not a problem for AI generated splats. GenAI sites could have a toggle from image to video to splat4d.
orbital-decay 3mo ago
>imagine whole movies shot in this format. The fly-on-the-wall fantasy of movies, without being locked in place for the whole shot. That would be terrible. Framing is the major expressive feature in cinematography, and any interactive format needs a lot more thought put into it than just having a free camera. Literally the worst of both worlds. Light field video streaming is a thing, however it's pretty niche. OTOY pioneered holographic codecs and light field videos with some degree of freedom and a sense of depth more than a decade ago.
- jayd16 3mo ago
  Not terrible, per se, but not a movie. There are other formats that fit the task better like immersive theater and theater in the round. This has been extensively explored with VR and games, though.
  - NuclearPM 3mo ago
    The “per se” is never necessary.
    - Chaosvex 3mo ago
      I don't think their writing is supposed to be an exercise in saving bytes. Per se.
      - spudlyo 3mo ago
        It's less bytes than "intrinsically" or "by itself", so not bad, per se.
- deleted 3mo ago
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- skybrian 3mo ago
  It wouldn't work for a movie, but it might be good for a concert video, stage play, dance, or sports, where you're capturing something happening in a defined space. You could pick a different seat in an auditorium. Also consider connecting a virtual space with a real one, so it looks like something happening on a virtual stage that's connected to a room in your house.
jfim 3mo ago
That already exists though. I believe Braindance VR uses a rig with a couple dozen cameras to capture the same scene from multiple viewpoints then converts it to a gaussian splat that can be walked around.
hoppp 3mo ago
Its great for porn for those videos when the camera seems to be focused on the actors balls when thats definitely not the part I want to be looking at. I can just look around the room instead.
lwansbrough 3mo ago
A$AP Rocky did it for a music video. Granted, it was only used for the editing process and not the final video, but it still presents some interesting opportunities, though it doesn't really look real so the applications may be limited. https://radiancefields.com/a-ap-rocky-releases-helicopter-music-video-featuring-gaussian-splatting https://radiancefields.com/a-ap-rocky-releases-helicopter-mu...
braebo 3mo ago
So a video game?
- delichon 3mo ago
  A video game playthrough in a file, game not needed.

andybak 3mo ago

Ok but you're commenting on the general concept of animated gaussian splats. That's existed for a while and it's unrelated to what this actual post is about which is a new compression method.

delichon 3mo ago
I suppose it's the difficulty in recording them rather than the file size that has kept them experimental. But that's not a problem for AI generated splats. GenAI sites could have a toggle from image to video to splat4d.

orbital-decay 3mo ago

>imagine whole movies shot in this format. The fly-on-the-wall fantasy of movies, without being locked in place for the whole shot. That would be terrible. Framing is the major expressive feature in cinematography, and any interactive format needs a lot more thought put into it than just having a free camera. Literally the worst of both worlds. Light field video streaming is a thing, however it's pretty niche. OTOY pioneered holographic codecs and light field videos with some degree of freedom and a sense of depth more than a decade ago.

jayd16 3mo ago
Not terrible, per se, but not a movie. There are other formats that fit the task better like immersive theater and theater in the round. This has been extensively explored with VR and games, though.
- NuclearPM 3mo ago
  The “per se” is never necessary.
  - Chaosvex 3mo ago
    I don't think their writing is supposed to be an exercise in saving bytes. Per se.
    - spudlyo 3mo ago
      It's less bytes than "intrinsically" or "by itself", so not bad, per se.
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skybrian 3mo ago
It wouldn't work for a movie, but it might be good for a concert video, stage play, dance, or sports, where you're capturing something happening in a defined space. You could pick a different seat in an auditorium. Also consider connecting a virtual space with a real one, so it looks like something happening on a virtual stage that's connected to a room in your house.

jfim 3mo ago

That already exists though. I believe Braindance VR uses a rig with a couple dozen cameras to capture the same scene from multiple viewpoints then converts it to a gaussian splat that can be walked around.

hoppp 3mo ago

Its great for porn for those videos when the camera seems to be focused on the actors balls when thats definitely not the part I want to be looking at. I can just look around the room instead.

lwansbrough 3mo ago

A$AP Rocky did it for a music video. Granted, it was only used for the editing process and not the final video, but it still presents some interesting opportunities, though it doesn't really look real so the applications may be limited. https://radiancefields.com/a-ap-rocky-releases-helicopter-music-video-featuring-gaussian-splatting https://radiancefields.com/a-ap-rocky-releases-helicopter-mu...

braebo 3mo ago

So a video game?

delichon 3mo ago
A video game playthrough in a file, game not needed.