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3D Gaussian splatting methods

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Keywords: gaussian, splatting, gaussian splatting, dgs, rendering

Key facts. 3D Gaussian splatting methods: 1,694 papers on arXiv since 2021 (data through 19 Oct 2026). 1,562 of its 1,694 mapped papers (92%) cite “3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering” (2023, arXiv 2308.04079). 42 new papers 1 Oct–19 Oct.

What’s new

1 Oct – 19 Oct 2026

42 new papers, 1 Oct – 19 Oct; 2 this week.

  1. This week · 2
  2. Counting Contributions, Not Views: Occlusion-Aware Densification for 3D Gaussian Splatting
  3. Rethinking Sparse-View 3D Gaussian Splatting: A Few-Shot Learning Perspective on Overfitting Prevention also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  4. Earlier · 40
  5. FineSplat: Fine Patches, Local Groups, Detailed Splats
  6. Codec-Compatible Learned Compression for 3D Gaussian Splatting also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  7. GTSM: Gaussian Splatting with Thermal State-Space Dynamics for Spatio-Temporal Thermal Field Reconstruction and Prediction also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  8. RoMo-GS: Efficient Online 3D Gaussian Splatting for Robot Mapping via Exposure-Integrated Motion Blur also fits: SLAM and driving scene reconstruction
  9. X-Splat: Unified Gaussian Splatting for Joint RGB and X-ray 3D Reconstruction
  10. Frame-Consistent Feed-Forward 3D Gaussian Splatting from Sparse Unposed Images also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  11. Direct Conditional Parameterization for N-Dimensional Splatting
  12. CF-Splat: Closed-Form Triangle Splatting with Mesh Priors
All 42
  1. Anchor3DGS: Feed-Forward 3D Gaussian Splatting with Compact Anchor-Based Representation
  2. Feed-Forward Multi-View Feature Coding for 3D Gaussian Splatting
  3. VisibilitySplat: Ray-Traced Occlusion for Relighting with 3D Gaussian Splatting
  4. RDCompGS: Rate-Distortion Optimization for Compression of 3D Gaussian Splatting with Image Codecs
  5. PLEDGE: Progressive Lossy Error-Bounded Compression of 3D Gaussian Splatting
  6. Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Scene Reconstruction: Methods, Systems, and Trade-offs
  7. 3D Gaussian Splatting for Fine-grained Urban Scene Reconstruction via Semantic-guided Density Control and Loss Design
  8. TETRIS-4DGS: Efficient Post-Training Compression of 4D Gaussian Splatting also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  9. Gaussian Splatting with Reflections Guided by What is Seen
  10. Efficient Confidence-Aware Densification for 3DGS
  11. SplatQ: Interaction-Aware Pruning of 3D Gaussian Splatting via Quadratic Selection
  12. CompactSplat: Spatially Adaptive Gaussian Distribution for Feedforward Scene Reconstruction
  13. Measurable Semantic 3D Gaussian Splatting with Joint Region and Depth Supervision for Interactive Building Inspection also fits: Semantic 3D scene understanding and robotics
  14. PAM-ToD: Plug-and-Play Appearance Modeling for Cross-Time-of-Day 3D Gaussian Splatting
  15. 3DTexMOR: 3D Gaussian Multi-Object Removal via Texture-Space Inpainting also fits: Semantic 3D scene understanding and robotics
  16. PCAsplat: Gaussian Splatting with Local PCA Regularization
  17. DeltaSplat: Iterative Gaussian Refinement for Pose-Free Feed-Forward 3D Gaussian Splatting
  18. TileSkipper: Region-Adaptive Tile Pruning for 3D Gaussian Splatting
  19. SPLATIFY: Reproduce, Discover, Innovate! From Papers and Ideas to Trainable 3DGS Code also fits: Semantic 3D scene understanding and robotics
  20. DensiTok: Making Feed-Forward 3D Gaussian Splatting See More Views Than It Is Given also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  21. MoonGS: High-quality Representation of the Lunar Surface via Gaussian Splatting Using Robust Depth Features from Image Pairs
  22. GS-Pool: Object-Level Change Detection in 3D Gaussian Splatting also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  23. MaRO-GS: Mask-Robust Object-Centric Gaussian Splatting from Inconsistent Multi-view Masks
  24. SteadySplats: Resampling of Low-Variance Gaussians for High-Fidelity Stochastic Rendering
  25. Mobile-4DGS: Unified Static-Dynamic Real-time Mobile Gaussian Splatting also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  26. A differentiable Lagrangian-coupled 3D Gaussian Splatting-SPH model for forward simulation and inverse analysis in solid mechanics also fits: Dynamic scene reconstruction
  27. Sparse-GS2Mesh: 3D Gaussian Splatting Guided by Novel Stereo Views and 2DGS for Sparse View Surface Reconstruction
  28. VolS-GS: Relightable Gaussian Splatting with Volumetric Subsurface Scattering
  29. PocketSplat: Mobile Gaussian Reconstruction via World-Space Latent Allocatio also fits: Semantic 3D scene understanding and robotics
  30. Budgeted-GS: Real-Time Large-Scale Gaussian Splatting via Factoring LOD
  31. EvenSplat: Coupled 2D-3D Decomposition for Gaussian Splatting under Exposure and Illumination Variation
  32. MEGA: Object-Level Mesh Extraction from 3D Gaussian Splatting via Spatial Visual Distillation also fits: Semantic 3D scene understanding and robotics

Foundations

Most cited by papers here

  1. 3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering2023cited by 1,562 here
  2. 2D Gaussian Splatting for Geometrically Accurate Radiance Fields2024cited by 513 here
  3. Scaffold-GS: Structured 3D Gaussians for View-Adaptive Rendering2023cited by 433 here
  4. Mip-Splatting: Alias-free 3D Gaussian Splatting2023cited by 379 here
  5. SuGaR: Surface-Aligned Gaussian Splatting for Efficient 3D Mesh Reconstruction and High-Quality Mesh Rendering2023cited by 348 here

Lineage

The papers this direction builds on, oldest first.

Each paper on the line cites the one before.

  1. 2021Mip-NeRF: A Multiscale Representation for Anti-Aliasing Neural Radiance Fieldscited by 458 here
  2. 2021Direct Voxel Grid Optimization: Super-fast Convergence for Radiance Fields Reconstructioncited by 209 here
  3. 2022TensoRF: Tensorial Radiance Fieldscited by 278 here
  4. 20233D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Renderingcited by 1,562 here
  5. 2023Compact 3D Gaussian Representation for Radiance Fieldcited by 259 here
  6. 2023LightGaussian: Unbounded 3D Gaussian Compression with 15x Reduction and 200+ FPScited by 310 here
  7. 2024Taming 3DGS: High-Quality Radiance Fields with Limited Resourcescited by 167 here
17 more it builds on, not in this chain
  1. 2021NeuS: Learning Neural Implicit Surfaces by Volume Rendering for Multi-view Reconstructioncited by 273 here
  2. 2021Mip-NeRF 360: Unbounded Anti-Aliased Neural Radiance Fieldscited by 691 here
  3. 2023Zip-NeRF: Anti-Aliased Grid-Based Neural Radiance Fieldscited by 232 here
  4. 2023DreamGaussian: Generative Gaussian Splatting for Efficient 3D Content Creationcited by 177 here
  5. 20234D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Dynamic Scene Renderingcited by 265 here
  6. 2023Compressed 3D Gaussian Splatting for Accelerated Novel View Synthesiscited by 177 here
  7. 2023SuGaR: Surface-Aligned Gaussian Splatting for Efficient 3D Mesh Reconstruction and High-Quality Mesh Renderingcited by 348 here
  8. 2023Mip-Splatting: Alias-free 3D Gaussian Splattingcited by 379 here
  9. 2023Scaffold-GS: Structured 3D Gaussians for View-Adaptive Renderingcited by 433 here
  10. 2023FSGS: Real-Time Few-shot View Synthesis using Gaussian Splattingcited by 166 here
  11. 2023EAGLES: Efficient Accelerated 3D Gaussians with Lightweight EncodingScited by 165 here
  12. 2023pixelSplat: 3D Gaussian Splats from Image Pairs for Scalable Generalizable 3D Reconstructioncited by 274 here
  13. 2023DUSt3R: Geometric 3D Vision Made Easycited by 196 here
  14. 2024MVSplat: Efficient 3D Gaussian Splatting from Sparse Multi-View Imagescited by 233 here
  15. 20242D Gaussian Splatting for Geometrically Accurate Radiance Fieldscited by 513 here
  16. 2024Octree-GS: Towards Consistent Real-time Rendering with LOD-Structured 3D Gaussianscited by 170 here
  17. 20243D Gaussian Splatting as Markov Chain Monte Carlocited by 176 here

The 24 most cited of 3,022.

Browse

30 of 1,694, ranked 6–35

  1. 6LightGaussian: Unbounded 3D Gaussian Compression with 15x Reduction and 200+ FPS2023310
  2. 7pixelSplat: 3D Gaussian Splats from Image Pairs for Scalable Generalizable 3D Reconstruction2023274
  3. 8Compact 3D Gaussian Representation for Radiance Field2023259
  4. 9MVSplat: Efficient 3D Gaussian Splatting from Sparse Multi-View Images2024233
  5. 10Compressed 3D Gaussian Splatting for Accelerated Novel View Synthesis2023177
  6. 113D Gaussian Splatting as Markov Chain Monte Carlo2024176
  7. 12Octree-GS: Towards Consistent Real-time Rendering with LOD-Structured 3D Gaussians2024170
  8. 13Taming 3DGS: High-Quality Radiance Fields with Limited Resources2024167
  9. 14FSGS: Real-Time Few-shot View Synthesis using Gaussian Splatting2023166
  10. 15EAGLES: Efficient Accelerated 3D Gaussians with Lightweight EncodingS2023165
All 30
  1. 16PGSR: Planar-based Gaussian Splatting for Efficient and High-Fidelity Surface Reconstruction2024162
  2. 17DNGaussian: Optimizing Sparse-View 3D Gaussian Radiance Fields with Global-Local Depth Normalization2024157
  3. 18HAC: Hash-grid Assisted Context for 3D Gaussian Splatting Compression2024157
  4. 19GaussianShader: 3D Gaussian Splatting with Shading Functions for Reflective Surfaces2023150
  5. 20A Hierarchical 3D Gaussian Representation for Real-Time Rendering of Very Large Datasets2024149
  6. 21Gaussian Opacity Fields: Efficient Adaptive Surface Reconstruction in Unbounded Scenes2024145
  7. 22VastGaussian: Vast 3D Gaussians for Large Scene Reconstruction2024139
  8. 23DepthSplat: Connecting Gaussian Splatting and Depth2024138
  9. 24Splatter Image: Ultra-Fast Single-View 3D Reconstruction2023136
  10. 25CityGaussian: Real-time High-quality Large-Scale Scene Rendering with Gaussians2024123
  11. 26GS-IR: 3D Gaussian Splatting for Inverse Rendering2023120
  12. 27GaussianPro: 3D Gaussian Splatting with Progressive Propagation2024119
  13. 28Compact 3D Scene Representation via Self-Organizing Gaussian Grids2023114
  14. 29Reducing the Memory Footprint of 3D Gaussian Splatting2024113
  15. 30Depth-Regularized Optimization for 3D Gaussian Splatting in Few-Shot Images2023106
  16. 31Multi-Scale 3D Gaussian Splatting for Anti-Aliased Rendering2023106
  17. 32No Pose, No Problem: Surprisingly Simple 3D Gaussian Splats from Sparse Unposed Images2024105
  18. 33GS-LRM: Large Reconstruction Model for 3D Gaussian Splatting2024103
  19. 34Revising Densification in Gaussian Splatting2024102
  20. 35A Survey on 3D Gaussian Splatting202499