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We drew at the SECRET GALLERY on June 26, 2026, at the ARRIVE HOTEL in Albuquerque, during a session run by Ben Harrison.
Friday, 26 June 2026
2D to 3D -- Gaussian Splats and GLBs
On June 25, 2026 I installed two 2D-to-3D programs at Quelab on Adam's computer with 16 GB VRAM (RTX 4080 Nvidia video card):
Splat files for download (those ORIGAMI ANIMALS included in the Splat scene above):
- chihuahua.SPZ (2.95 MB)
- dragonchimera.SPZ (2.85 MB)
- ram.SPZ (2.88 MB)
- rhino.SPZ (2.82 MB)
- armadillo.SPZ (3.08 MB)
TRIPOSPLAT was released on June 1, 2026. There is an online Hugging Space demo for this program, quickly converting 2D images into 3D Gaussian Splats.
EASY INSTALL
HOWEVER one can also run this locally in COMFYUI -- by following these instructions on YouTube. The key is to download a few model files and store them in the relevant folders -- there is no need to download any other code or dependencies. That makes this program extremely easy and straightforward to install!
SCREEN CAPTURE
of the 3D Gaussian Splat origami animals
ISSUES
The 3D Gaussian Splats look great -- however it's hard to do much else with them! BLENDER will not really display them, so you have to view them in the following programs online :
(generated in SuperSplat)
Download: "chihuahua.SPZ" (2.95 MB)
TRIPOSPLAT in ComfyUI will convert the Gaussian Splats into GLB and OBJ files, however a lot of those conversions have pinholes in them, or even worse, missing surfaces -- like the chihuahua below:
Note the pinholes and missing back surface in this GLB file
that was converted in the Gaussian Splat generator
Download: "chihuahua.GLB" (870.59 KB)
- Also note that the GLB conversion part is "Experimental," and has to be turned on in the last node of the workflow:
- right click on the "Create 3D Model (experimental)"node>Mode>Always
The resulting conversion GLB files are huge -- for example, the Chihuahua SPZ splat file above is only about 3 MBs, but the converted GLB file is closer to 150 MBs. However I did manage to knock the GLB size down to under a meg using Free Online GLB Optimizer & Compressor and GLB Compressor.
The holes are less of an issue with the bronze sculpture below:
GAUSSIAN SPLAT
Download: 260217.SPZ (2.95 MB)
GLB from GAUSSIAN SPLAT
Download: 260217.GLB (284.27 KB)
(video made from the 55.12 MB GLB version)
OTHER SPLAT STUFF
There are not many ways to use a 3D Gaussian Splat -- yet. However there are a few programs working with them:
MARBLE WORLDS generates 3D scenes in Gaussian Splats -- VIEW the scene below directly in Marble Worlds:
- Is there a way to add Gaussian Splat images into MARBLE WORLDS scenes -- I have not found a way.
- Is there a way to make AUGMENTED REALITY with Gaussian Splats -- maybe using AR CODE.
- There is an Add On to work with Gaussian Splats in BLENDER -- 3DGS Render Addon
GLB
TRELLIS 2 GGUF
- (YouTube): Best 3D AI Generator Now Runs on 6GB VRAM! (Free & Local) (Trellis2)
I followed THE DIRECTIONS closely to install Trellis2 GGUF, and this install unfolded and worked just fine in ComyfUI.
The GLB origami animals in a Blender turntable animation,
generated in the Trellis2 GGUF program
However previously I could not get it installed on the computer with the more advanced video card -- the Nvidia 5070 TI. This video card works with a more advanced "Blackwell" architecture that did not work with these instructions for previous video cards (with different PyTorch scripts and other scripts?). We fixed it once with AI by consulting with Claude. However when I tried to fix it myself -- Claude "hit a wall" -- and did not work. I tried with Google -- GGUF Trellis Install -- and that also did not work. I ran out of free ChatGPT without fixing the problem either.
DOWNLOADS
These are the origami animal 3D files -- in the Blender turntable animation above -- that I generated with the Trellis2 GGUF program:
From the first install, on the 5070 TI video card:
- chupacabra.GLB (2.74 MB)
From the second install, on the 4080 TI video card:
- coelophysis.GLB (1.50 MB)
- javelina.GLB (937.59 KB)
- chihuahua.GLB (624.82 KB)
- jaguar.GLB (1.00 MB)
- ram.GLB (791.46 KB)
- hornedtoad.GLB (850.38 KB)
CONCLUSION
The 2D-to-3D programs are quite phenomenal, especially that we can run them locally on a computer disconnected from the Internet. However what can I really do with the generated Gaussian Splat 3D files? And the generatedTrellis2 GGUF GLB files are great, but not perfect.
Perhaps the best option is to generate 3D models in one of the online programs:
- I signed up for a year of Meshy on June 22, 2026.
Generated Low Poly in MESHY
Download: javatoad.GLB (1.19 MB)
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