Blender 5.3 adds native Gaussian splats

Native Gaussian splatting in Blender transforms 3DGS from an isolated neural capture format into a first-class production asset. Treating splats as standard point clouds inside Geometry Nodes solves the pipeline gap that previously kept radiance fields out of traditional 3D workflows.

• –Direct .PLY and .SPZ file imports feed directly into Geometry Nodes for procedural transformation, clipping, and hybrid mesh composition.
• –Built-in rasterization across Workbench, EEVEE, and Cycles removes the need for brittle community addons or custom engine forks.
• –Splat-compatible material lighting nodes enable rudimentary relighting, opening the door for synthetic data generation in spatial AI training.
• –Default Vulkan support and NVIDIA DLSS viewport denoising deliver real-time responsiveness when navigating scenes with millions of splats.