v0.2.0

Highlights

• Support Custom GUI elements in models. More info here
• Complete rewrite of viewer backend to use Viser
• Add Neus and Neusfacto
• Add Instruct-NeRF2NeRF
• TensoRF speedup (~5x)
• Bug fixes

Known regressions

• Support for modifying time in viewer was removed during the viewer refactor. This functionality will return in in the next version of nerfstudio.

What's Changed

• bug fix for model loading from checkpoint by @terrancewang in #1567
• Updated Colab to Python3.9 and added colmap install speedup. by @akristoffersen in #1587
• Fixed: MinimalDataParser add options, allow Nerfstudio data format to specify test indices by @jkulhanek in #1586
• Adds ns-process-data images tests and fixes #1586 by @jkulhanek in #1591
• Update 360 docs by @tancik in #1593
• NeuS Implementation by @pablovela5620 in #1444
• Add option to use Pixel Perfect SFM by @pablovela5620 in #1554
• feat(fields): create common get_normalized_directions fn by @SauravMaheshkar in #1599
• Adding the crop code made for videos to images by @THE-COB in #1598
• Fix the typeguard version by @tancik in #1612
• TensoRF go brrrrrrr by @mcallisterdavid in #1609
• Adding explicit pytorch version for Cuda 11.7 installs by @julianrendell in #1611
• Prevent colmap from opening by @tancik in #1627
• fix missing param refine-pixsfm by @ksnzh in #1618
• Use the run timestamp as run name on WandB by @iSach in #1619
• Removed deprecated insta360 by @THE-COB in #1621
• Adding NeRF-OSR Dataset by @JADGardner in #1626
• Add option to auto select a websocket port by @ethanweber in #1628
• Adds util function to convert transformed poses back + tests by @jkulhanek in #1594
• improve metashape data import by @f-dy in #1605
• Fixed incorrect ffmpeg command construction by @jackson-waschura in #1645
• Typo in nerfosr validation set by @JADGardner in #1631
• add quality setting; allow png for lossless compression by @machenmusik in #1639
• Check port before loading data by @alvin-xu-5745 in #1633
• realitycapture: allow periods within filename, not only for file extension by @machenmusik in #1649
• misc viewer cleanup by @tancik in #1652
• Add SDFStudio links by @tancik in #1653
• realitycapture nerfacto variable resolution by @machenmusik in #1651
• Render Cell Colab Fix by @akristoffersen in #1655
• Add KPlanesEncoding encoding by @Giodiro in #1658
• Update README.md by @krahets in #1657
• Fix render window size by @tancik in #1659
• Update pixsfm with better param by @HrsPythonix in #1661
• Update realitycapture_utils.py by @henrypearce4D in #1663
• Fix bug: sh render is not correct by @WANGSSSSSSS in #1667
• Update scheduler for nerfacto by @HrsPythonix in #1662
• Update installation.md by @pixel-alex in #1675
• add SO_REUSEADDR option to reuse the port in TIME-WAIT status by @yzslab in #1673
• fix checkpoint generated by ddp training cannot be loaded by @yzslab in #1682
• Exposed number of actual frames to extract with ffmpeg for more transparency by @jackson-waschura in #1683
• Optimize viewer UI by @tancik in #1692
• Update sphinx docs by @tancik in #1695
• Docs for adding new methods by @tancik in #1697
• Update dataparser docs by @tancik in #1698
• Create nerfacto-big config for nerfacto with sampling, network size, resolution, and train steps cranked up by @kerrj in #1668
• Update nerfstudio data defaults by @tancik in #1701
• Select render panel in render view by @tancik in #1693
• Monitor actual gpu memory allocation by @liruilong940607 in #1715
• Remove useless code in camera_paths by @97littleleaf11 in #1717
• Add instruct-nerf2nerf to docs by @tancik in #1711
• add sdf mesh export and texturing by @pablovela5620 in #1620
• update in2n docs based by @ayaanzhaque in #1721
• Add support for torch v2.0.0 by @jkulhanek in #1713
• NeusFacto by @pablovela5620 in #1654
• Respect wandb environment variables by @jkulhanek in #1738
• Update blender web docs by @tancik in #1740
• Viewer backend refactor by @brentyi in #1702
• Update method docs by @tancik in #1742
• Metadata for cameras by @jake-austin in #1623
• Improve viewer element types by @brentyi in #1743
• Update sdfstudio.md by @LownyCGI in #1744
• Adding Blender tutorial video and documentation on NeRF in NeRF composite by @cvachha in #1745
• v0.2.0 by @tancik in #1751

New Contributors

• @julianrendell made their first contribution in #1611
• @JADGardner made their first contribution in #1626
• @jackson-waschura made their first contribution in #1645
• @alvin-xu-5745 made their first contribution in #1633
• @Giodiro made their first contribution in #1658
• @HrsPythonix made their first contribution in #1661
• @henrypearce4D made their first contribution in #1663
• @WANGSSSSSSS made their first contribution in #1667
• @pixel-alex made their first contribution in #1675
• @yzslab made their first contribution in #1673
• @ayaanzhaque made their first contribution in #1721
• @LownyCGI made their first contribution in #1744

Full Changelog: v0.1.19...v0.2.0