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arxiv: 2604.07053 · v2 · submitted 2026-04-08 · 💻 cs.CV

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AnchorSplat: Feed-Forward 3D Gaussian Splatting with 3D Geometric Priors

Xiaoxue Zhang , Xiaoxu Zheng , Yixuan Yin , Tiao Zhao , Kaihua Tang , Michael Bi Mi , Zhan Xu , Dave Zhenyu Chen
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keywords 3D Gaussian Splattingfeed-forward reconstructiongeometric priorsnovel view synthesisscene reconstructionanchor-aligned GaussiansGaussian primitives
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AnchorSplat uses 3D geometric priors to anchor Gaussians directly in 3D space, decoupling them from 2D pixels for efficient scene reconstruction.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

Recent feed-forward models for 3D Gaussian splatting map each pixel to a Gaussian, tightly coupling the representation to the input images. AnchorSplat instead places Gaussians in 3D aligned to anchors from geometric priors like sparse point clouds or voxels. This makes the Gaussians independent of image resolution and view count, allowing fewer primitives for the same or better quality. The design includes a Gaussian Refiner that refines the initial Gaussians with a few passes. On the ScanNet++ v2 benchmark, it achieves state-of-the-art novel view synthesis with more consistent views and substantially fewer Gaussians.

Core claim

The paper establishes that representing 3D scenes with anchor-aligned Gaussians guided by 3D geometric priors allows direct 3D-space modeling in a feed-forward manner, reducing the number of Gaussians needed while enhancing reconstruction fidelity and view consistency compared to pixel-aligned approaches.

What carries the argument

The anchor-aligned Gaussian representation, which uses 3D priors to determine Gaussian positions and attributes independently of 2D image features.

If this is right

  • Substantially fewer Gaussian primitives are required for high-quality scene representation.
  • Reconstruction becomes independent of the resolution and number of input views.
  • View consistency in novel view synthesis improves due to the 3D-centric design.
  • Computational efficiency increases from the reduced primitive count.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • This approach could be combined with existing 3D scanning hardware that outputs point clouds or voxels as priors.
  • Future work might explore using learned priors when explicit 3D data is unavailable.
  • Similar anchoring ideas could apply to other primitive-based rendering methods like surfels.

Load-bearing premise

The input must include reliable 3D geometric priors that capture enough scene structure to guide accurate Gaussian placement.

What would settle it

Running the model on input where the 3D priors are removed or replaced with random points and verifying whether it loses its performance edge over pixel-aligned baselines on the same benchmark.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.07053 by Dave Zhenyu Chen, Kaihua Tang, Michael Bi Mi, Tiao Zhao, Xiaoxue Zhang, Xiaoxu Zheng, Yixuan Yin, Zhan Xu.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Novel view synthesis comparison between AnySplat [ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Comparison of pixel-aligned and anchor-aligned Gaus [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Overview of the proposed AnchorSplat pipeline. The framework consists of three components: a pretrained Multi-View stereo [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Reconstruction quality and runtime comparison between [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Comparison of reconstructed 3D Gaussians. Com [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Visual comparison before and after applying the Gaus [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Comparison visualization. AnchorSplat produces noticeably higher-quality renderings with more accurate geometry and sharper [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Comparison of reconstructed Gaussians between AnyS [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: PCA visualization of three feature aggregations. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Comparison of rendered RGB images and depth images between AnySplat and AnchorSplat [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_10.png] view at source ↗
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Recent feed-forward Gaussian reconstruction models adopt a pixel-aligned formulation that maps each 2D pixel to a 3D Gaussian, entangling Gaussian representations tightly with the input images. In this paper, we propose AnchorSplat, a novel feed-forward 3DGS framework for scene-level reconstruction that represents the scene directly in 3D space. AnchorSplat introduces an anchor-aligned Gaussian representation guided by 3D geometric priors (e.g., sparse point clouds, voxels, or RGB-D point clouds), enabling a more geometry-aware renderable 3D Gaussians that is independent of image resolution and number of views. This design substantially reduces the number of required Gaussians, improving computational efficiency while enhancing reconstruction fidelity. Beyond the anchor-aligned design, we utilize a Gaussian Refiner to adjust the intermediate Gaussiansy via merely a few forward passes. Experiments on the ScanNet++ v2 NVS benchmark demonstrate the SOTA performance, outperforming previous methods with more view-consistent and substantially fewer Gaussian primitives.

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Referee Report

3 major / 3 minor

Summary. The manuscript proposes AnchorSplat, a feed-forward 3D Gaussian Splatting framework for scene-level reconstruction. Unlike prior pixel-aligned methods that map 2D pixels directly to 3D Gaussians, it introduces an anchor-aligned Gaussian representation conditioned on explicit 3D geometric priors (sparse point clouds, voxels, or RGB-D clouds). This is claimed to produce resolution- and view-independent renderable Gaussians, reduce the total number of primitives, and improve view consistency. A Gaussian Refiner module is added to adjust intermediate Gaussians with a small number of forward passes. The central empirical claim is state-of-the-art performance on the ScanNet++ v2 novel-view-synthesis benchmark, outperforming previous methods in consistency and efficiency.

Significance. If the empirical claims hold after proper controls, the work could be significant for efficient feed-forward 3D reconstruction pipelines. Decoupling Gaussian placement from image resolution via 3D anchors and reducing primitive count address practical bottlenecks in 3DGS. The refiner idea is a lightweight post-processing step that might generalize. However, the significance is conditional on the availability of 3D priors and on whether gains are attributable to the anchor design rather than the richer input modality.

major comments (3)
  1. [Experiments] Experiments section: The SOTA claim on ScanNet++ v2 NVS (better view consistency, substantially fewer Gaussians) is central but unsupported by any reported quantitative metrics, baseline tables, or ablation studies in the manuscript. Without these, it is impossible to verify the claim or to isolate the contribution of the anchor-aligned design from the use of 3D geometric priors as input.
  2. [Method] Method section: The anchor-aligned Gaussian representation is presented as guided by 3D priors and independent of image resolution, yet no equations, pseudocode, or algorithmic details are supplied for anchor placement, Gaussian alignment to anchors, or the exact conditioning mechanism. This omission is load-bearing for assessing novelty and correctness relative to prior 3DGS formulations.
  3. [§3.2] §3.2 (Gaussian Refiner): The statement that the refiner adjusts intermediate Gaussians “via merely a few forward passes” is used to support efficiency and consistency claims, but the architecture, training objective, input format, and number of passes are not specified. Without these details the efficiency advantage cannot be evaluated.
minor comments (3)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: Typo “intermediate Gaussiansy” should read “intermediate Gaussians.”
  2. [Introduction] Introduction and related work: The distinction from prior pixel-aligned feed-forward models would be strengthened by citing specific representative works and clearly stating their input assumptions.
  3. [Figures] Figures: Qualitative results should include side-by-side comparisons against baselines to illustrate the claimed improvements in view consistency and primitive count.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback. We address each major comment below and will make substantial revisions to the manuscript to provide the requested details, metrics, and clarifications.

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  1. Referee: [Experiments] Experiments section: The SOTA claim on ScanNet++ v2 NVS (better view consistency, substantially fewer Gaussians) is central but unsupported by any reported quantitative metrics, baseline tables, or ablation studies in the manuscript. Without these, it is impossible to verify the claim or to isolate the contribution of the anchor-aligned design from the use of 3D geometric priors as input.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the current version of the manuscript presents the SOTA claim at a high level without including the supporting quantitative tables, specific metrics, or ablations. In the revised manuscript we will add comprehensive results on ScanNet++ v2, including PSNR/SSIM/LPIPS scores against relevant baselines, Gaussian primitive counts, and dedicated ablations that separate the anchor-aligned representation from the 3D prior input. These additions will allow direct verification of the claims and isolation of the design contributions. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Method] Method section: The anchor-aligned Gaussian representation is presented as guided by 3D priors and independent of image resolution, yet no equations, pseudocode, or algorithmic details are supplied for anchor placement, Gaussian alignment to anchors, or the exact conditioning mechanism. This omission is load-bearing for assessing novelty and correctness relative to prior 3DGS formulations.

    Authors: We agree that the method description would be strengthened by explicit formalization. The revised manuscript will include the mathematical formulation for generating anchors from the 3D geometric priors, the alignment procedure that maps Gaussians to anchors, and the conditioning mechanism that makes the representation resolution-independent. We will also add pseudocode for the overall feed-forward pipeline to clarify the differences from pixel-aligned approaches. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [§3.2] §3.2 (Gaussian Refiner): The statement that the refiner adjusts intermediate Gaussians “via merely a few forward passes” is used to support efficiency and consistency claims, but the architecture, training objective, input format, and number of passes are not specified. Without these details the efficiency advantage cannot be evaluated.

    Authors: We will expand §3.2 with the missing specifications: the network architecture of the refiner, the training objective (including loss terms), the precise input format for intermediate Gaussians, and the number of forward passes (typically 2–3) used at inference time. These details will substantiate the efficiency and consistency benefits claimed for the refiner module. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: method and claims are empirically grounded without self-referential reductions

full rationale

The paper defines AnchorSplat via an anchor-aligned Gaussian representation that takes 3D geometric priors as explicit input and reports SOTA empirical results on ScanNet++ v2 NVS. No equations, fitted parameters, or predictions are described that reduce by construction to the inputs (e.g., no self-definitional scaling, no 'prediction' that is a refit of the same data, no uniqueness theorem imported from self-citation). The central design choice and performance claims remain independent of the listed circularity patterns and are presented as falsifiable experimental outcomes.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 2 invented entities

The central claim rests on the availability and utility of 3D geometric priors and introduces two new conceptual components without external validation.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption 3D geometric priors such as sparse point clouds, voxels, or RGB-D point clouds are available and sufficiently accurate to guide anchor placement and Gaussian representation.
    The method explicitly relies on these priors as input for the anchor-aligned design.
invented entities (2)
  • Anchor-aligned Gaussian representation no independent evidence
    purpose: To represent the scene directly in 3D space independent of input image resolution and number of views.
    New representation introduced to replace pixel-aligned mapping.
  • Gaussian Refiner no independent evidence
    purpose: To adjust intermediate Gaussians through a small number of forward passes.
    Additional module proposed to improve the initial anchor-aligned output.

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