Gaussian splat black background

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Hi everyone,

I have been working on some ideas using Studio with Gaussian Splat, and I noticed something different compared to the last time I used both.

Now, when I set my camera to “World” mode and load a Gaussian Splat using a .SPZ file, my entire scene turns black, and I can no longer see the camera feed.

Previously, even after loading my SPZ model, I could still see the camera feed. I’m not sure if something is misconfigured in my scene or if this is now the expected behavior?

Here (The Secret Shrine) is a previous portal experience I created with Studio using an SPZ file. In that experience, the black background issue was not present, but now when I start the experience, I get a black background.

Is there anything I can do to remove this black background while using a Gaussian Splat model in my scene?

Thank you

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If you have any idea when the fix will be available, I’d be interested to know. If not, that’s okay I’ll wait. Thank you for checking and for your reply.

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Hi @GeorgeButler

I did some more testing today, and I still have some problem with a black background when creating a new project with Studio and using a camera type World/AR.

Here is how you can reproduce this problem:

  1. I’m cloning Studio: World Effects project
  2. I remove everything (ground + cactus) and only keep the camera/light elements
  3. I add a new empty object
  4. On this new empty object I add a new component Mesh > geometry > splat URL and I select my .spz file
  5. I build and connect a new device for testing

→ Here the result: video
→ Here the spz file I’m using: file

This file.spz is the same file I used in my experience I shared above The Secret Shrine.

This Secret Shrine experience is now working as expected but when creating a new project with a spz file, I still encounter the black background problem with a camera type World/AR.

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Just to add an important detail regarding this black background surrounding my Splat model:

This issue occurs when I use the Edit tool > Crop in Scaniverse, and then import the exported SPZ model into Studio.

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Hi Alex, thanks for the update. I’ll update the team with this.

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