Heat Kernel Textures: the Geodesic Gaussians That Do Not Splat

Represents textures directly on triangle meshes with anisotropic heat kernels. Surface-aware optimization and density control replace UV unwrapping when fitting existing textures or multi-view images.

Represents textures directly on triangle meshes with anisotropic heat kernels. Surface-aware optimization and density control replace UV unwrapping when fitting existing textures or multi-view images.

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Represents textures directly on triangle meshes with anisotropic heat kernels. Surface-aware optimization and density control replace UV unwrapping when fitting existing textures or multi-view images.

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