--- title: See How Training 3D Gaussian Splats Can Make Unexpected... description: Artist Gnomalab created an eerie optical illusion using 3D Gaussian Splatting: by training splats on photos of a person looking directly into the camera, the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/see-how-training-3d-gaussian-splats-can-make-unexpected-images-8uwcfyksj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: See How Training 3D Gaussian Splats Can Make Unexpected Images | daily.dev og:description: Artist Gnomalab created an eerie optical illusion using 3D Gaussian Splatting: by training splats on photos of a person looking directly into the camera, the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/see-how-training-3d-gaussian-splats-can-make-unexpected-images-8uwcfyksj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8UWCfYKsJ.png og:image:alt: See How Training 3D Gaussian Splats Can Make Unexpected Images og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # See How Training 3D Gaussian Splats Can Make Unexpected Images **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Artist Gnomalab created an eerie optical illusion using 3D Gaussian Splatting: by training splats on photos of a person looking directly into the camera, the resulting 3D model appears to always stare back at the viewer regardless of the viewing angle. 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