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fVDB: A Deep-Learning Framework for Sparse, Large-Scale, and High-Performance Spatial Intelligence

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FRANCIS H. WILLIAMS *
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Jiahui Huang
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Jonathan Swartz
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Gergely Klár
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Matthew Cong
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Xuanchi Ren
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李瑞龙 (Ruilong Li)
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Clement Fuji Tsang
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Sanja Fidler
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Eftychios Sifakis
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Ken Museth
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Abstract

Abstract

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We present fVDB, a novel GPU-optimized framework for deep learning on large-scale 3D data. fVDB provides a complete set of differentiable primitives to build deep learning architectures for common tasks in 3D learning such as convolution, pooling, attention, ray-tracing, meshing, etc. fVDB simultaneously provides a much larger feature set (primitives and operators) than established frameworks with no loss in efficiency: our operators match or exceed the performance of other frameworks with narrower scope. Furthermore, fVDB can process datasets with much larger footprint and spatial resolution than prior works, while providing a competitive memory footprint on small inputs. To achieve this combination of versatility and performance, fVDB relies on a single novel VDB index grid acceleration structure paired with several key innovations including GPU accelerated sparse grid construction, convolution using tensorcores, fast ray tracing kernels using a Hierarchical Digital Differential Analyzer algorithm (HDDA), and jagged tensors. Our framework is fully integrated with PyTorch enabling interoperability with existing pipelines, and we demonstrate its effectiveness on a number of representative tasks such as large-scale point-cloud segmentation, high resolution 3D generative modeling, unbounded scale Neural Radiance Fields, and large-scale point cloud reconstruction.
Keywords:
Deep learning frameworks
spatial intelligence
GPU
sparse convolution
point cloud processing
neural rendering

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ACM Transactions on Graphics
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university of wisconsin madison
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University of Wisconsin System
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