html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"PlayCanvas developer Will Eastcott has updated SuperSplat, his free browser-based tool for loading, visualizing and editing 3D Gaussian Splats.SuperSplat 1.13 makes it possible to load and play back animations captured in the format, adding a timeline for playing back 4D Gaussian Splats (4DGS).View and edit 3DGS data for free in a standard web browserFirst released last year, SuperSplat makes it possible to import and edit 3D scans captured as 3D Gaussian Splats (3DGS) in a standard web browser.Users can import data in PLY format, and hide, remove or re-orient individual splats, or select and crop out larger parts of the scan using volume selection tools.You can read more about how it works in our story on the SuperSpat 1.0.SuperSplat 1.13: import and play back animated Gaussian splatsAlthough SuperSplat has been updated steadily since the original release, this weeks SuperSplat 1.13 update is one of the most significant, adding support for animation playback.The initial implementation is fairly simple, just making it possible to load and play back numbered sequences of PLY files.However, Eastcott says on Reddit that he plans to support other 4DGS representations in future.Licensing and system requirementsSuperSplat can be used for free in a web browser. It should work with current desktop browsers. The source code is available under an open-source MIT license.Use the free online SuperSplat 3D Gaussian Splat editorRead more about SuperSplat in the projects GitHub repositoryHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.