# CSE5519 Advances in Computer Vision (Topic C: 2024 - 2025: Neural Rendering)

## COLMAP-Free 3D Gaussian SplattingLinks to an external site

[link to the paper](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.07504)

We propose a novel 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) framework that eliminates the need for COLMAP for camera pose estimation and bundle adjustment.

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> This paper presents a novel 3D Gaussian Splatting framework that eliminates the need for COLMAP for camera pose estimation and bundle adjustment.
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> Inspired by point map construction, the author uses Gaussian splatting to reconstruct the 3D scene. I wonder how this method might contribute to higher resolution reconstruction or improvements. Can we use the original COLMAP on traditional NeRF methods for comparable results?