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Theo Lindqvist

Theo Lindqvist

Aug 12, 2026-Tools

Rerun teaches robotics' favorite viewer to splat

Illustration of gaussian splats inside a debugging viewer window

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Rerun 0.36.0 adds a GaussianSplats3D archetype, putting native splat rendering inside the viewer that robotics and computer vision teams already use to debug their data.

Why it matters: Rerun is a daily-driver tool for robotics and embodied AI work. Native splat support means gaussian splatting slots into those debugging workflows for free — no separate viewer, no export dance.

Zoom in:

  • The archetype treats each gaussian as an anisotropic 3D distribution, with scales expressed as standard deviations.
  • View-dependent color is supported via spherical harmonics up to degree 3.
  • A new EWA splatting renderer — described as deliberately simple for now — runs in the browser.
  • PLY splat files now open directly in the Rerun Viewer, and splats can be logged from the Python, Rust, and C++ SDKs.

Yes, but: The archetype is labeled unstable and may change in ways incompatible with existing data.

Go deeper:

  • Radiance Fields: Rerun adds an experimental gaussian splat archetype and EWA renderer in 0.36.0
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