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Dany Bittel, Digital Artist & Developer

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I'm a self employed digital artist and developer from Switzerland. My background is visual effects and animation, nowdays I specialize in interactive installations. I like to experiment and work across different fields. graphics programming, macro photography, 3d scanning and modeling, hand interactions, projections…

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Macro Splats 2025

A Gaussian splat is essentially a bunch of blurry ellipsoids. Each one has a view-dependent color, using a process similar to training an AI model, you can optimize until it converges to the photos you feed in. The result is a sort of 3D photograph that can be viewed freely from any angle. Captivated by this…