Grace Cathedral Gaussian Splat Tour
Gaussian splat tour
Recommended for its detailed, lifelike capture of Grace Cathedral's stained glass and atmosphere. Common caveat: it can freeze or stop responding on some PCs.
Recommended for its detailed, lifelike capture of Grace Cathedral's stained glass and atmosphere. Common caveat: it can freeze or stop responding on some PCs.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Striking level of detail
“So beautifully done, its mindblowing.”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco” “absolutely crazy level of detail”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco” Lifelike stained glass and atmosphere
“The color and essence of the stained glass comes through so well.”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco” “It captures the feeling of being in the cathedral quite well”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco” Praised as beautiful work
“Beautiful work, thank you for sharing it!”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco” “So beautifully done, its mindblowing.”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Stops working and needs reloading
“worked fine a couple of times, then it stopped with same error as before”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco” “Then stops working and I have to close the tab and reopen for it to work again for another few seconds.”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco” Hangs or freezes weaker PCs
“Totally hung my Windows 11 machine with Firefox and 32GB of RAM.”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Immersive Gaussian Splat Tour of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco” “My PC couldn't really handle it so I couldn't read the page.”
Comment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Building the Grace Cathedral Experience”
What people said
13 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“My PC couldn't really handle it so I couldn't read the page.”
“worked fine a couple of times, then it stopped with same error as before”
“It captures the feeling of being in the cathedral quite well”
“zooming all the way out is really cool”
“Totally hung my Windows 11 machine with Firefox and 32GB of RAM.”
“immersive experience on mobile that works so well”
“Then stops working and I have to close the tab and reopen for it to work again for another few seconds.”
“Really not a fan of this "on rails" presentation style.”
“Beautiful work, thank you for sharing it!”
“So beautifully done, its mindblowing.”
“A lot more architecture would benefit from being available like this splat model.”
“absolutely crazy level of detail”
“The color and essence of the stained glass comes through so well.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.