A Gaussian splat is an interactive 3D scene made from many small colored Gaussian points. You can inspect one in a browser, move around it, and share a public work without asking every viewer to install a desktop editor.
This guide shows the current splats.ai viewing path: open a ready public work, use the browser controls, and share the work's detail URL. It is written for creators, clients, designers, and anyone evaluating a Gaussian splat before deciding what to do with it.
Start with a public work
The quickest way to try a Gaussian splat is to open the Explore gallery, choose a work that is publicly available and ready, and open its detail page.
Choose any work that Explore currently shows as public and ready. Open its detail page and use the ID in that route. This guide uses <work-id> as a generic placeholder so readers can follow the steps with the work they choose; it does not require a featured or official sample. A curated example can be added later as an optional editorial enhancement after a public work has been selected and checked.
The work page is the source of truth for the title, creator, category, cover, and details that are actually available. Do not fill an empty field with an assumed camera, location, file type, or performance claim.
Open the detail page
A ready public work has a shareable detail route in the form /s/<id>. Open that route in a supported browser and let the viewer finish loading. The page can show the work title, creator, category, view and like counters, source information, model size, available details, and an embed snippet when those values exist.
For a concrete example, use /s/<work-id> and replace <work-id> with the ID from the public work you opened in Explore. The page should link to that real route only after checking that the work is still public and ready.
Orbit and zoom in the browser
The current viewer controls checked on 2026-09-18 UTC are:
- Drag to orbit around the scene.
- Scroll to zoom in and out.
The exact controls, performance, and device behavior can change as the viewer changes. Before publication, recheck the live viewer on the target desktop and mobile browsers, then describe only controls that still work. Do not promise that every device renders every work, that a work will load at a particular speed, or that processing succeeds for every source.
When a scene appears difficult to read, move slowly around it and give the viewer time to load. If the work remains unavailable, check that the URL points to a ready public work rather than an upload that is still processing or an author-only record.
Share the work
Share the public detail URL when someone needs the title, creator, details, and interactive viewer together. A public page can also be used as the starting point for an embed; the separate embed guide will contain the copyable iframe example.
Use a public work for any example in this article. Do not use an unlisted URL as proof of confidentiality, and do not describe unlisted access as a security boundary. Visibility and storage behavior need their own verified product and legal wording before this guide can make a stronger statement.
If you have a splat file or video
If you own a supported source and want to create a work to view, use the Upload page after signing in with Google. The live product currently accepts these documented input families:
- SOG, which can be delivered directly;
- PLY, SPLAT, SPZ, and KSPLAT, which can be optimized to SOG; and
- supported MP4, MOV, and WebM video, which can be reconstructed into a viewable splat.
These format and processing statements were checked on 2026-09-18 UTC against the live upload/reference pages. Recheck the supported formats, processing behavior, sign-in gate, duration limits, and file-size limits immediately before publication. This guide intentionally does not state a duration or size limit because those values are volatile and belong to the live upload surface.
New uploads remain unlisted until the author makes them public from the dashboard, subject to the current product behavior. Wait for the work to become ready, check the detail page, and choose the intended visibility before sharing it. A source that has not finished processing is not a usable public example.
When a hosted viewer is the question
If you are comparing a browser gallery and hosting workflow with other approaches, see the current splat.host and splats.ai comparison. That page is a dated product comparison; this guide has a narrower job: help you open and evaluate an actual Gaussian splat in the browser. The comparison page should not be treated as a guarantee of a feature, price, catalog size, or future release.
A short viewing checklist
- Open a ready public detail URL.
- Confirm the title and creator match the work you meant to open.
- Drag to orbit and scroll to zoom.
- Let the viewer finish loading before judging the scene.
- Share the detail URL only after checking its visibility and current availability.
- If you own the source, use the upload workflow and wait for a ready result before publishing.
What this guide does not promise
The current product is a browser viewing and sharing path. This page does not promise:
- that every source format, video, scene, or device will work;
- a specific reconstruction time, visual quality, file size, latency, or browser frame rate;
- private hosting, confidential unlisted access, instant deletion from every cache or backup, or an API entitlement;
- a paid plan, quota, watermark removal, analytics package, white-label feature, or service-level agreement; or
- that a public work will remain available, indexed, or discoverable indefinitely.
The live detail page, upload page, and approved product policies control current behavior. Recheck them before publishing this guide and whenever the product changes.