NexusGS: Sparse View Synthesis with Epipolar Depth Priors in 3D Gaussian Splatting

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Main Authors: Zheng, Yulong, Jiang, Zicheng, He, Shengfeng, Sun, Yandu, Dong, Junyu, Zhang, Huaidong, Du, Yong
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author Zheng, Yulong
Jiang, Zicheng
He, Shengfeng
Sun, Yandu
Dong, Junyu
Zhang, Huaidong
Du, Yong
author_facet Zheng, Yulong
Jiang, Zicheng
He, Shengfeng
Sun, Yandu
Dong, Junyu
Zhang, Huaidong
Du, Yong
contents Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) have noticeably advanced photo-realistic novel view synthesis using images from densely spaced camera viewpoints. However, these methods struggle in few-shot scenarios due to limited supervision. In this paper, we present NexusGS, a 3DGS-based approach that enhances novel view synthesis from sparse-view images by directly embedding depth information into point clouds, without relying on complex manual regularizations. Exploiting the inherent epipolar geometry of 3DGS, our method introduces a novel point cloud densification strategy that initializes 3DGS with a dense point cloud, reducing randomness in point placement while preventing over-smoothing and overfitting. Specifically, NexusGS comprises three key steps: Epipolar Depth Nexus, Flow-Resilient Depth Blending, and Flow-Filtered Depth Pruning. These steps leverage optical flow and camera poses to compute accurate depth maps, while mitigating the inaccuracies often associated with optical flow. By incorporating epipolar depth priors, NexusGS ensures reliable dense point cloud coverage and supports stable 3DGS training under sparse-view conditions. Experiments demonstrate that NexusGS significantly enhances depth accuracy and rendering quality, surpassing state-of-the-art methods by a considerable margin. Furthermore, we validate the superiority of our generated point clouds by substantially boosting the performance of competing methods. Project page: https://usmizuki.github.io/NexusGS/.
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spellingShingle NexusGS: Sparse View Synthesis with Epipolar Depth Priors in 3D Gaussian Splatting
Zheng, Yulong
Jiang, Zicheng
He, Shengfeng
Sun, Yandu
Dong, Junyu
Zhang, Huaidong
Du, Yong
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) have noticeably advanced photo-realistic novel view synthesis using images from densely spaced camera viewpoints. However, these methods struggle in few-shot scenarios due to limited supervision. In this paper, we present NexusGS, a 3DGS-based approach that enhances novel view synthesis from sparse-view images by directly embedding depth information into point clouds, without relying on complex manual regularizations. Exploiting the inherent epipolar geometry of 3DGS, our method introduces a novel point cloud densification strategy that initializes 3DGS with a dense point cloud, reducing randomness in point placement while preventing over-smoothing and overfitting. Specifically, NexusGS comprises three key steps: Epipolar Depth Nexus, Flow-Resilient Depth Blending, and Flow-Filtered Depth Pruning. These steps leverage optical flow and camera poses to compute accurate depth maps, while mitigating the inaccuracies often associated with optical flow. By incorporating epipolar depth priors, NexusGS ensures reliable dense point cloud coverage and supports stable 3DGS training under sparse-view conditions. Experiments demonstrate that NexusGS significantly enhances depth accuracy and rendering quality, surpassing state-of-the-art methods by a considerable margin. Furthermore, we validate the superiority of our generated point clouds by substantially boosting the performance of competing methods. Project page: https://usmizuki.github.io/NexusGS/.
title NexusGS: Sparse View Synthesis with Epipolar Depth Priors in 3D Gaussian Splatting
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18794