Photorealistic Earth — 3D Gaussian Splatting Prototype

An immersive spatial exploration game set in a haunting, human-free version of Hong Kong's SoHo and Central/West districts — reconstructed with photorealistic accuracy using SLAM-based 3D Gaussian Splatting. Players roam an eerily abandoned city surface where colourful street murals act as hidden portals into a sprawling underground dungeon network built with 3D World Models. Backed by VIVERSE (HTC) with support from XGRIDS, World Labs, and the Dell Pro Precision Ambassador Council. Build-in-public — development announced June 2026.

Millions of Gaussian splats, rendered directly in the browser. A small team from WithLore designed and iterated 7 different worlds with Marble, then streamed them into the browser using Spark 2.0 and Three.js to create a real-time interactive experience. One of the most interesting aspects of the project was the workflow itself. Rather than treating world design, rendering, gameplay, and cinematics as separate pipelines, the team connected them into a single creative process. Even the launch trailer was created using the same worlds and rendering pipeline that power the interactive experience. ICARE is an early example of what's possible when world models become part of the creative workflow, helping teams rapidly create, iterate on, and connect interactive experiences.

An immersive 3D Gaussian Splat scan of San Francisco's iconic Sutro Tower. Explore the tower and surrounding cityscape at your own pace, with AR mode available on mobile devices. This pioneering reality capture was shot via drones, aligned in RealityCapture, trained in gsplat, compressed by SOGS, and rendered by PlayCanvas.

Demonstration of Gaussian splats and AI characters (Meet Wol).