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Gaussian-SLAM: Photo-realistic Dense SLAM with Gaussian Splatting

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arxiv 2312.10070 v2 pith:ZHBLEATO submitted 2023-12-06 cs.CV cs.RO

Gaussian-SLAM: Photo-realistic Dense SLAM with Gaussian Splatting

classification cs.CV cs.RO
keywords densephoto-realisticreal-worldrenderingsceneslameffectivegaussian
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We present a dense simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) method that uses 3D Gaussians as a scene representation. Our approach enables interactive-time reconstruction and photo-realistic rendering from real-world single-camera RGBD videos. To this end, we propose a novel effective strategy for seeding new Gaussians for newly explored areas and their effective online optimization that is independent of the scene size and thus scalable to larger scenes. This is achieved by organizing the scene into sub-maps which are independently optimized and do not need to be kept in memory. We further accomplish frame-to-model camera tracking by minimizing photometric and geometric losses between the input and rendered frames. The Gaussian representation allows for high-quality photo-realistic real-time rendering of real-world scenes. Evaluation on synthetic and real-world datasets demonstrates competitive or superior performance in mapping, tracking, and rendering compared to existing neural dense SLAM methods.

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    MAGS-SLAM is the first RGB-only multi-agent 3D Gaussian Splatting SLAM framework that matches RGB-D performance via compact submap sharing, geometry-appearance loop verification, and occupancy-aware fusion.

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    cs.RO 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 7.0

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  4. WaterSplat-SLAM: Photorealistic Monocular SLAM in Underwater Environment

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  5. GeoGS-SLAM: Geometry-Only Gaussian Splatting for Dense Monocular SLAM

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    GeoGS-SLAM removes appearance parameters from 3D Gaussian Splatting for geometry-only dense monocular SLAM, achieving faster convergence and fewer primitives while introducing a coherent Sim(3) map update for loop closure.

  6. Why does Deep Learning Improve Visual SLAM?

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  7. NG-GS: NeRF-Guided 3D Gaussian Splatting Segmentation

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    NG-GS uses NeRF guidance and RBF interpolation on 3DGS to produce smoother, higher-quality object segmentation boundaries.

  8. Compact 3D Gaussian Splatting For Dense Visual SLAM

    cs.CV 2024-03 unverdicted novelty 6.0

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  9. Robust and Efficient Monocular 3D Gaussian SLAM for Kilometer-Scale Outdoor Scenes

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  11. SING3R-SLAM: Submap-based Indoor Monocular Gaussian SLAM with 3D Reconstruction Priors

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    SING3R-SLAM adds submap-level global alignment and reconstruction priors to a Gaussian map to reduce drift and improve local geometry in monocular indoor SLAM.

  12. VCS-SLAM: Geometry-Validated Semantic Evidence Fusion for 3D Gaussian SLAM

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    VCS-SLAM introduces geometric validation of semantic observations via visibility consistency, boundary evidence, and ray uncertainty to improve fusion in 3D Gaussian SLAM.

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