The Khronos Group announced today a release candidate for its KHR_gaussian_splatting baseline extension for glTF 2.0. This new extension enables the storage of 3D Gaussian splats within glTF 2.0, which is the most widely adopted 3D asset delivery format. The release candidate phase is open for industry feedback before the final specification is ratified. According to Khronos, "The new extension establishes an open foundation for representing Gaussian splats, an increasingly important geometry and radiance field representation, across real-time graphics, digital twins, and large-scale geospatial visualization pipelines." This move aims to standardize and facilitate the use of Gaussian splats in various real-time graphics and visualization contexts.