# OC-GS: Gaussian Splatting for Irregular Turntable Capture

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.31572 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.31572/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
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- First posted on arXiv 25 Sep 2026.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

Uneven rotation and dropped frames make equal-angle assumptions unreliable for turntable reconstruction. We present OC-GS, an object-centric Gaussian splatting that refines each image's angle while maintaining a shared camera, rotation axis, and pivot. This orbit-consistent refinement jointly optimizes image-derived geometry and angles to reconstruct objects from sparse, irregular captures. On rendered objects with 12, 8, and 6 irregularly spaced views, OC-GS achieves mean foreground PSNR scores of 21.26, 19.36, and 15.83dB, respectively, exceeding all four evaluated pose-free Gaussian splatting baselines in each condition. Under a shared trainer, refining image-estimated angles improves mean foreground PSNR by 7.88dB over keeping those estimates fixed. An ablation study shows that both image-derived angle initialization and the shared motion model contribute to the improvement. On real captures, OC-GS's refinement increases mean foreground PSNR by 0.70dB. Results show that refining uncertain angles within a shared motion model improves reconstruction from sparse, irregular turntable captures.