Locomotive number 31270, or ‘Athena’ as seen below, is a 1961 Class 31 engine originally owned by British Railways as part of a push to replace steam trains. It’s currently sited at the excellent Didcot Railway Centre in England and is apparently still operational. And what you see below isn’t just a photo, it’s a whole gaussian splat 3D scan hosted on SuperSplat – so you can navigate around it just by using your mouse or touchscreen (click here for the SuperSplat page).
The gaussian splat was created by Kiri Engine using reframed and dewarped footage from 8k Insta360 video taken with an X4 camera. Due to filming the video from ground level with a selfie stick the splat is best viewed from low level. It isn’t downloadable but is made available on SuperSplat for general viewing in the hope you will go and visit this wonderful locomotive. And, of course, to hopefully inspire more people to start making and sharing gaussian splats.
You can learn more about Athena on the Didcot Railway Centre website and I hope you go visit to have a look 🙂
