What is a .SPLAT file?
A .splat file stores a 3D scene as Gaussian splats, a photoreal capture technique.
- Did you know
- 3D Gaussian splatting, published in 2023, renders photoreal scenes far faster than earlier methods.
- The format was popularised by web viewers and is essentially a compact binary serialisation of Gaussian-splat PLY data.
- Each splat records a position, colour, opacity and an oriented shape, blended together to reconstruct a scene.
- What Analyser reads
- Header and metadata extraction for 3D meshes, voxels, BIM, point clouds and Gaussian splats: Wavefront OBJ, Stanford PLY, OFF, glTF, AMF, MagicaVoxel VOX, COLLADA DAE/ZAE, USD crate, X3D/VRML, LightWave LWO/LWS, Quake MD2/MD3/MDL, VRM avatars, Siemens JT, LAS/LAZ/PCD/PTS/E57 LiDAR clouds, IFC BIM, and .splat/.spz - vertex/face/point counts, bounding boxes, units and authoring tool.
- Depth of analysis
- .SPLAT is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .SPLAT file
- Drag a .SPLAT file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.