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Join Our BETA – By Invitation Only

We deeply appreciate your continued involvement in our community and commitment to our product. As a token of our gratitude, we are excited to invite you for early BETA access to our virtual production software designed to further simplify the workflow.

Your feedback will be invaluable in helping us refine this update before its official release to the public. Thank you again for your ongoing support, and we’re excited to have you as part of this significant release.

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INTRODUCTION

VIVE Mars Nova 3DGS is a lightweight and intuitive Unreal Engine plugin designed to make working with 3D Gaussian Splatting (.ply, .spz) easier. With a simple drag-and-drop workflow, creators can quickly import 3DGS files into Unreal Engine without complex setup or manual conversion.

Whether you're a virtual production artist, game developer, or 3D content creator, VIVE Mars Nova 3DGS streamlines the process of bringing 3D Gaussian Splatting scenes into your UE projects—saving time while preserving high-fidelity visual quality. It’s the fastest way to experience 3DGS environments inside Unreal Engine for real-time use.

KEY FEATURES

• Drag-and-drop a .ply or .spz file into the Content Drawer to automatically convert it to a 3DGS Blueprint.gv
• Drag-and-drop a VIVE Mars Nova 3DGS Blueprint (.ply , .spz) into the Editor to real-time render 3D Gaussian Splatting by Unreal’s Niagara system.

UPDATE HISTORY

• VIVE Mars Nova 3DGS — v0.1.012
  • Release date: November 11, 2025
  • Major changes:
    • Initial release.
    • Added support for 3D Gaussian Splatting scene formats (.ply, .spz). — Optimized for 3DGS files generated by World Labs’ Marble AI.

GETTING STARTED

• Download the VIVE Mars Nova installer. (v0.1.012)

• Install VIVE Mars Nova 3DGS plugin for Unreal Engine

  To install, extract the ZIP file that matches your Unreal Engine version into your project's /**Plugins** folder. If your project does not already include a /Plugins folder, you'll need to create one manually.

  

  ↑ Find the correct ZIP file that matches your Unreal Engine version.

  

  ↑ Extract the ZIP file into your project's /**Plugins** folder.

• Enable VIVE Mars Nova 3DGS plugin in Unreal project

  • Once the plugin is installed, you’ll need to enable it in your project. Launch your project, then go to Edit > Plugins from the main menu to access the plugin settings.

    

    Open Plugins Browser tab.

  • In the Plugins window, search for "VIVE Mars Nova 3DGS" plugin and enable it by ticking the checkbox.

    

    Enable VIVE Mars Nova 3DGS plugin by ticking the checkbox.

• Drag-and-drop a .ply or .spz file into the Content Drawer

  

  Drag-and-drop a .ply or .spz file into the Content Drawer

  

  Automatically convert .ply to 3DGS Blueprint.

• Drag-and-drop a .ply or .spz file into the Editor

  

  Drag-and-drop a .ply or .spz file into the Editor.

COMPATIBILITY