apple/ml-sharp

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SHARP is a Python tool from Apple that synthesizes a photorealistic 3D Gaussian splat representation from a single photograph in under a second via a feedforward neural network. The resulting metric 3DGS scenes can be rendered in real time for nearby camera views and exported as standard .ply files compatible with common 3DGS renderers.

Use cases

• turn a single photo into a 3D gaussian splat scene
• generate novel views from one image
• render camera trajectory videos from a photograph
• export 3DGS ply files for external splat renderers
• fast single-image 3D reconstruction with metric scale

When to choose

• you need fast photorealistic view synthesis from a single image
• you want metric-scale 3D Gaussian splats without per-scene optimization
• you need 3DGS output compatible with existing splat renderers

When to avoid

• you need full 360-degree scene reconstruction from multiple views
• you have no GPU and need video rendering
• you require a permissively licensed library for commercial redistribution without review

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machine-learning deep-learning image-processing computer-vision graphics cli computer-vision graphics machine-learning artificial-intelligence python cli view-synthesis 3d-gaussian-splatting monocular-depth novel-view-synthesis neural-rendering single-image-3d gpu linux macos

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