Gaussian
adjective
Gauss·ian
ˈgau̇-sē-ən 
: being or having the shape of a normal curve or a normal distribution
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The Gaussian splatting method could serve as another tool for Volvo to further enhance its cars' abilities to take over the wheel safely.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
This includes methods based on Gaussian models (see Tobias Kirschstein et al.) and on NERFs (for instance, Xiaowei Zhou et al.), but there are still obstacles related to putting these models into a 3D scene in a rendering engine and animating them realistically, including body and hair.
—Victor Erukhimov, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Meta’s ambitious plans for Gaussian splats One of the most ambitious demos of Gaussian splats to date has been built by Meta.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
Regardless, Gaussian splats are continuing to gain steam across the industry.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Niantic has also partnered with Snap on the latest generation of Spectacles to enable its Peridot virtual pet, and to use Gaussian splats to create 3-D objects with a simple scan using technology from Scaniverse.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Say, for instance, that the Gaussian curvature is positive at every point on a two-dimensional manifold.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 14 May 2024
In this paper, a two-dimensional Gaussian skin colour model is employed in a particular way to identify a breast but not a hand.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2025
This includes methods based on Gaussian models (see Tobias Kirschstein et al.) and on NERFs (for instance, Xiaowei Zhou et al.), but there are still obstacles related to putting these models into a 3D scene in a rendering engine and animating them realistically, including body and hair.
—Victor Erukhimov, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Meta’s ambitious plans for Gaussian splats One of the most ambitious demos of Gaussian splats to date has been built by Meta.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
Regardless, Gaussian splats are continuing to gain steam across the industry.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Niantic has also partnered with Snap on the latest generation of Spectacles to enable its Peridot virtual pet, and to use Gaussian splats to create 3-D objects with a simple scan using technology from Scaniverse.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Say, for instance, that the Gaussian curvature is positive at every point on a two-dimensional manifold.
—Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 14 May 2024
In this paper, a two-dimensional Gaussian skin colour model is employed in a particular way to identify a breast but not a hand.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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“Gaussian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gaussian. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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