Greetings HN,<p>Project Tirtha is an open-source project and an academic initiative for
creating 3D models of heritage sites using crowd-sourced images. The goal
is to preserve and showcase the beauty and cultural significance of
heritage sites by allowing general public to contribute to the creation
of these 3D models.<p>Previously, we have experimented using Neural Radiance Fields (NeRFs) and
Structure-from-Motion (SfM) to build the models. Currently, we rely on
Gaussian Splatting.<p>The website loads both on phones and on desktop. Please be patient while
the models load, as some of the models are large and take some time to
download.<p>The right sidebar contains the names of temples that are currently
available. On the left you can see the model statistics with different
versions of the model as we get more and more images to refine it.<p>The source code can be found at: <a href="https://github.com/smlab-niser/tirtha-public">https://github.com/smlab-niser/tirtha-public</a><p>I will be happy to answer any questions and appreciate feedback/suggestions regarding the project. :)