FreeGaussian has a new logo. Before the details, the one idea behind it: the symbol isn't a picture of a Gaussian splat. It is one.
One function, one grid, one sampling
A Gaussian splatting scene is made of millions of Gaussians. To show it, the renderer projects them onto the screen and reads them point by point. Our symbol does the same thing with a single Gaussian, in three steps.
The result isn't an icon that stands for the technology. It is a sample of the technology itself.
Nobody drew it. Change one number and you get a different shape, so we don't change them: the symbol is generated from the same formula everywhere, from the favicon to the videos.
It has depth, too
Seen from the front, the symbol is flat. It is actually the front view of a 3D Gaussian made of layers. Turn it, and the volume appears; only from the front do the layers line up into the logo again. That is what splatting does: it projects a 3D scene onto your screen.
Where you will see it
- On the site and in your dashboard, next to the name, now written in lowercase: freegaussian.
- In the 3D viewer, while your scene loads. The loader is a small training run: scattered points converge into the symbol, the symbol turns to show its volume, then it starts again.
- On the videos of your scenes, in the corner, with the address freegaussian.ai, so whoever sees your flythrough knows where it was made.
- In your browser tab, as a 7-dot version of the same Gaussian, sampled on a grid twice as coarse so it stays readable at 16 pixels.
Why we bothered
We hope the new logo says a little better what FreeGaussian is. We like doing things properly, down to the smallest detail, and a mark built from a real Gaussian felt like the honest way to do it.
It is also a promise. We'll keep making FreeGaussian better: sharper scenes, a faster pipeline, a smoother viewer, one upload at a time. If something doesn't look right in your scene, tell us, and we'll work on it.
Thank you for filming, flying and exploring with us.