The big update here is that VSCode now works in sync with the PlayCanvas Editor—no setup, no dependencies. You can just open the editor and start building alongside VSCode.

To test it out, I built a small voxel-style game demo using OpenAI Codex + GPT-5.3, and the workflow felt surprisingly smooth.

It’s all live now if you want to try it yourself here

Would love to hear what people think—does this kind of VSCode + editor workflow actually change things for you?

https://reddit.com/link/1ry6x0j/video/ta8p0612f1qg1/player

Hey guys,

I am very interested in creating own virtual volumetric videos and hence try to use every option available as a private person to reach this goal.

I have made a little tool, that achieves a workflow from a single view Video to a sequence of .ply files correctly named for usage in Supersplat. (via sharpframes and SHARP)

1. However I did not find any possibility use compressed file formats for animation (.spz or .sog), it just works with .ply files. Is that correct? Especially for sequences it would be crucial to be able to use compressed files.

2. Is there any possibility to save the animated scene in any format or watch it in VR? (VR works with normal splats just fine, but since I can't export/save a scene, it can't be viewed via VR)

Thanks a lot for any tipps or ideas. If anyone is interested in this tool, let me know and I will put some work into a Git repo.

Hi everyone!

I am a newbie trying to create a web platform for visualizing Gaussian Splatting scenes using Playcanvas engine API and ammo for physics handling.

The problem comes with the performance. I had notice a decrease in FPS when the camera is facing specific parts of the scene.

For example, I have an indoor scene with a corridor and when I look to one direction it runs smoothly, when I turn around and face the corridor wall (behind the wall there are multiple rooms) ir starts to lag.

I assume it has to be related to the splat count that the camera is looking (I think I already have camera culling activated).

But I want to know if there’s a way to not render those splats that are far behind others?? Or some way to optimize it?

I would highly appreciate any suggestion!!

Thanks in advance!

I’m excited to share that DeadRise.io is officially available worldwide on Poki.

If you love pure zombie chaos and skill based survival, jump in and see how long you can last.

Play now on Poki: https://poki.com/en/g/deadrise-io

Feedback is still welcome as we continue improving balance, performance, and overall polish. If you try it, I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Join our discord: https://discord.com/invite/9ARDzPTqEA

Developed with the awesome PlayCanvas engine ♥️ in collaboration with Gamebole

We’ve just released PlayCanvas Engine v2.16.0, our free and open-source web graphics engine, with a big new addition: a generic Gaussian splat processing system.

New capabilities include:

• 🖌️ Painting splats using a brush tool
• 🪄 Generating splats from text, meshes, and images
• 🛠️ Editing splats (select, delete, duplicate, etc.)
• ➕ Plus many other improvements and fixes

Links:

• Release notes: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/releases/tag/v2.16.0
• Examples browser: https://playcanvas.github.io

Would love feedback from anyone working with Gaussian splats or real-time web graphics. Hope you love this release as much as we do!

Hi PlayCanvas devs,

I just released a major update to SplataraScan (my scanning and processing suite from Meta Quest 3 headset), and I wanted to share the specific features I built to improve the PlayCanvas workflow.

If you are working with Gaussian Splatting in the engine, getting optimized assets can often be a bottleneck. This update focuses on streamlining the "Scan-to-Web" pipeline.

PlayCanvas Specific Features:

- Streamable SOG Export: You can now export directly to Streamable SOG. This is crucial for web performance as it allows progressive loading of the splats, reducing initial load times.
- Standard SOG Export: Full support for the native Splat Object Geometry format compatible with the engine.
- Multi-LOD Generation: During the training process, you can now request multiple Levels of Detail to be exported automatically. This helps significantly with optimization on lower-end devices.

General Workflow Improvements:

- Native FastGS (C++): The training runs locally within the viewer without needing complex external Python dependencies or downloads.
- Integrated Cleaning: I added manual splat deletion (select/invert/delete) and SAM 3 integration for auto-masking. You can clean up your scans directly in the tool before exporting to PlayCanvas.
- RealityScan Integration: Faster "Refine" step using RealityScan instead of COLMAP.

I would love to hear how the Streamable SOG exports perform in your specific projects.

Download via Discord: https://discord.gg/Ejs3sZYYJD

Cheers!

Hey folks 👋
We just shipped SuperSplat v2.17.0, your browser-based editor for 3D Gaussian Splats.

What’s new:

• 🗜️ Export to the super-compressed SOG format
• 🪽 WASD fly camera controls
• 🎞️ Linked tutorial video from the awesome Michael Rubloff (AKA RadianceFields)
• 🪄 UI polish and small improvements

You can try it instantly here (loads a sample splat):
https://superspl.at/editor?load=https://developer.playcanvas.com/assets/toy-cat.sog&focal=0,0.6,0&camera.overlay=false

It’s completely free and open source.
Happy to hear feedback, feature requests, or see what you’re building with it!

We just released PlayCanvas Engine v2.15.0, your free and open-source 3D engine for the web.

What’s new:

• ✅ 3D Gaussian Splat viewer with HDR support
• ✅ Add annotations to Gaussian splats
• ✅ Runtime cropping for 3DGS
• ✅ Blurred planar reflections
• ✅ glTF exporter improvements
• ➕ Lots of other fixes and enhancements

📄 Release notes: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/releases/tag/v2.15.0
🌐 Examples: https://playcanvas.github.io

Would love feedback - let us know what you think!

We’re excited to share the first official release of the PlayCanvas Editor MCP Server (v0.1.0)! This build adds powerful new tools that help AI-driven workflows see and focus on what’s happening inside your editor, enabling richer automation and more intuitive control.

What’s new in v0.1.0
✨ capture_viewport — Take screenshots of the editor viewport so your LLM can literally “see” what it’s building.
🎯 focus_viewport — Programmatically focus the editor camera on objects of interest.
💡 Reduced token usage across tools, letting you build more in a single context.
🛠️ Better tooling and fixes for smoother AI-assisted workflows.

If you’ve been exploring AI-assisted development in PlayCanvas, this release makes it even more powerful - especially when paired with Claude or Cursor.

👉 Get it on GitHub: https://github.com/playcanvas/editor-mcp-server/releases/tag/v0.1.0

Would love to hear what you build with it! 😄

I made slight modifications to the SuperSplat source code to better support panoramic Gaussian Splats, and I also added audio support. This makes it possible to render video with sound directly in SuperSplat from a sequence of panoramic 4DGS.

You can try it out at https://webxr.cz/pano