v0.5.0 — Dual-mode quality overhaul
Summary
Dual-mode InstaSplatter: Standard (commercial-safe) and Experimental (NC research after license ack).
Standard Mode
- VGGT-Commercial primary camera poses with COLMAP BA/fallback
- RoMa v2 densify (Lichtfeld-style recipe, MIT — not GPL plugin code) composed with DAV2 + COLMAP MVS + sparse
- Fixer polish when installed; High floors when neural stack present
Experimental Mode
- TitleBar toggle + first-enable NC modal + persistent banner with solver chips
- Pose chain: Ω → MASt3R → DUSt3R → VGGT-C → COLMAP
- Merge-all densifiers; Difix then Fixer; Max-tier floors + gsplat Max strategies
Installer
Base NSIS stays lean (COLMAP + Brush). Sidecars under %LOCALAPPDATA%/InstaSplatter/engines/sidecars/ — see tools/sidecars/.
Docs: docs/RESEARCH-STACK.md