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

[image] .spz format, comes with background? 🧑💻 Technical Support I’ve forwarded this to our engineering team, and they’ve let me know that this isn’t expected and is a result of a bug.

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.

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

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.

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

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GeorgeButler February 13, 2025, 4:34pm 2

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