Finally got around to testing the new Gaussian Splat feature inside of V-Ray 7. And I guess I can say it works! So that’s a good start. I scanned my dining room table using the free Scaniverse App for iOS…took about 2 mins. Not a perfect scan and didn’t enhance it. I think some of the reflections were captured as transparent which only shows up in certain angles so something to keep in mind.
Exported as .PLY to computer. Imported the .PLY as a V-Ray Proxy object. Added a new Gaussian Splat Geometry in the Asset Editor. And pathed to the same .PLY file. And Bam! Shows up in the render.
Will try an exterior scene or even something bigger. It would be cool to capture an entire streetscape and place a new design within it to see the context. Currently I would photo-match still angle and export scene for compositing in Post. This could change that process entirely. Stay tuned!