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Release Notes#

Current Release#

GSplat Converter 0.1.15#

Release Date: June 2026

Note

This is the first public release of GSplat Converter.

Converter Versions Included:#

Added#

  • Initial public beta release of omni.kit.converter.gsplat.

  • PLY reader — binary and ASCII PLY files with standard 3DGS vertex properties (positions, scales, rotations, opacity, spherical harmonics).

  • SPZ reader — SPZ v2 and v3 compressed Gaussian Splat files.

  • USD writer — outputs .usd, .usda, .usdc, or .usdz using the UsdVol.ParticleField3DGaussianSplat schema (OpenUSD 26.03+) with automatic fallback to the Omniverse usd_particle_field backport.

  • Asset Importer integration — registers .ply and .spz handlers in omni.kit.tool.asset_importer for File → Import and Convert to USD workflows in Kit.

  • CLI — headless batch conversion via usd-convert-gsplat (pip install) or python -m omni.kit.converter.gsplat.cli from a Kit layout.

  • Python API — read_ply, read_spz, and write_gaussian_splat_usd re-exported from usd_convert_gsplat for programmatic use.

All Releases#