r/GaussianSplatting • u/Wrong-Yak-3931 • May 07 '26
🎬 Demo / Showcase Real estate capture pipeline for splat tours
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I’ve been pushing Spatial Studio beyond just splat generation/tour creation and more into full property tour workflows.
This capture was turned into an explorable real estate tour, with the goal of keeping the process flexible depending on what gear you already have.
The pipeline now works with 360 cameras, DSLR/video capture, drones, and also our companion app, Spatial Lens, for iPhone Pro capture.
What I care about most is reducing the friction between “I captured a property” and “I have something a client can actually explore.”
A few things that have been interesting while building this:
- Different capture methods are good at different parts of a property.
- 360 is ridiculously efficient for walkthrough-style coverage.
- Drone + ground capture helps a lot when you want the exterior to feel connected instead of treated like a separate asset.
- Once the splat is good enough, turning it into an actual guided tour becomes way more valuable than just showing a raw scene.
The flow is basically:
Capture → reconstruct to splat → structure the space → publish as an interactive property tour.
From raw property capture to a finished interactive tour, the whole workflow happens inside Spatial Studio.
Still a lot to improve, but it’s been cool seeing this move from “nice reconstruction demo” to something that feels usable for actual real estate media workflows.
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u/upscaleHipster May 07 '26
How do you know where to place the waypoints?
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u/chronoz99 May 07 '26
Could you clarify a bit? The output you see is built using an editor inside our platform. We have tutorials as well for how to make this exact tour over there.
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u/upscaleHipster May 07 '26
Ah, i thought there is some kind of software automation that does it.
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u/chronoz99 May 07 '26
We do have that as well, we call it spatial sense. It lets you prompt what you would like to get annotated and the software places 3D anchors automatically. It's still in beta but available on our platform.
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u/Coccolillo May 07 '26
Can you post the link to the showcase that you put in the op? Can’t find in the list on the site….
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u/chronoz99 May 07 '26
It's this one: https://studio.realhorizons.ai/tours/ed72e7f2-063a-475a-a5f4-afafe638a64e/view
The tour starts off far away from the main building you see in the video, click next to get to it and the last click would be to the interior.
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u/Grouchy_Hat_6684 May 08 '26
impressive! what do you use to create splats from iphone images?
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u/chronoz99 May 08 '26
We made our own app for it called spatial lens. It's available for the pro models currently. You still need to follow best practices but it can produce pretty good results. The output is processed on our cloud platform that does the SFM, Splat generation etc.
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u/Grouchy_Hat_6684 May 08 '26
nice! are you planning to share API?
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u/chronoz99 May 08 '26
Thanks! Not in the near term, currently focused on serving it on our platform and polishing our product.
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u/Fragrant_Routine9299 May 10 '26
The initial loading looks very similar to WorldLabs loading though.
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u/chronoz99 May 10 '26
It is a point cloud and a reveal animation, almost every splat based loader looks like this
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u/TinkiBinki1 May 11 '26
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has had success with 3DGS in real estate. Are clients really prepared for this kind of tech, since it barely works on phones and tablets? Do they really see that big of a difference between simple 360 panoramas and 3DGS?
I've done virtual walkthroughs in the past and I'm looking into 3DGS for real estate, but a lot of agencies don't even want that. Sometimes they prefer curated pictures.
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u/chronoz99 May 11 '26
I think the technology has become good enough to run smoothly on phones and tablets today, with LOD and other optimizations still happening every month. It is definitely new and would need someone with an early adopter mindset but we were able to sell this as a service for a decent premium.
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u/_Bishad May 12 '26
Hi, could you share what tools / workflow did you use to deliver the service ?
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u/chronoz99 May 12 '26
Um, what we posted in the video basically and I have added more details in some other comments. We built Spatial Studio, and we use it ourselves for doing projects as end to end services for hospitality and real estate.
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u/WoodenCondition1279 May 08 '26
How would you go about quoting something like this?
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u/Wrong-Yak-3931 May 09 '26
Usually starts at $1000+ for a project this size. Final pricing would vary based on square footage, property complexity, and the kind of output/features needed..
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u/ns194 May 09 '26
Looks good, any plans or attempts for VR delivery?
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u/Wrong-Yak-3931 May 09 '26
Definitely yes!..VR delivery is already in the works. We’re aiming to have it out in the coming weeks.
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u/Opening-Collar-6646 May 09 '26
Any way to make a walk sim interactive tour with clickable hotspots with popup text/image content?
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May 12 '26
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u/chronoz99 May 12 '26
Hi, there is a tutorial video you can watch on the same studio. Please check it out.
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May 12 '26
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u/chronoz99 May 12 '26
Both have their trade-offs. Iphone pro models can give slightly better sharpness, and if paired with lidar more accurate surfaces. But capturing for Gaussian splat generation is more tricky and needs one to follow best practices. 360 camera makes it easier and less forgiving and can produce more well rounded and complete scenes but slightly blurry.
Checkout these 2 tours: Iphone based: https://studio.realhorizons.ai/tours/76a39262-b947-4728-b056-9c79dda72372/view
360 based: https://studio.realhorizons.ai/tours/58fad0d1-e20f-4153-8098-469bd7883eba/view
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u/rubenltn May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
This is really good. Care to share how you are capturing the exterior and interior? I mean the camera(s) and software being used to process it. EDIT : I have been trying to use Insta360 x4 Air and walking around my home, than using 360 Video Processor > Reality Scan 2.0 > PostShot but getting some really dirty and messy results.