Render Pool offers 'free trials, low prices and customer feedback.' OTOH:
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https://www.crowd-render.com › single-post › pi-farm-on-arm
Pi Farm on ARM - crowdrender
Farm Hardware. 8x Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB @ 68.44 each. 8x 128GB MicroSDXC @ 12.49 each. 8x PoE HAT @ 22.99 each. 1x Cudy GS1010P 10 Port PoE Switch @ 79.90. 1x Cloudlet CASE: Cluster Case @ 69.90. Distro. I ended up going with Ubuntu for the pis. Prior to this I was using Raspbian as that was
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That's about $355 total. Pi 5 would cost another $40 or so and have 2-3 times the performance.
The photogrammetry can be done with a smart phone or standalone scanner. IDK. Frankly, I'm more interested in the architecture than the costs.
The support for Open VDB is significant. Gaussian Splat rendering is in development:
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https://blenderartists.org › t › 3d-gaussian-splatting-plugin-for-blender › 1490357
3D Gaussian Splatting Plugin for Blender - Blender Development ...
Oct 31, 2023Hello Blender Community, I'm a Blender enthusiast with a keen interest in enhancing Blender's capabilities by incorporating a 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) plugin. Specifically, I'm seeking to achieve the quality of 3D Gaussian Splatting rendering found in Unreal Engine and Unity. My attempt
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The Pi 5s have a new PCIe connector so you can add graphics cards:
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https://www.tomshardware.com › news › raspberry-pi-5-successfully-uses-external-graphics-card
Raspberry Pi 5 successfully uses external graphics cards
Nov 29, 2023To bridge this connection, Geerling used a flat flex connector that lets it operate using the PCIe slot on the Pi 5. The external graphics card also needed quite a bit of juice — so much so that
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Some potential humor in putting a $400-$1700 card on an $80 PI.