4DGT: Learning a 4D Gaussian Transformer Using Real-World Monocular Videos

Zhen Xu, Zhengqin Li, Zhao Dong, Xiaowei Zhou, Richard Newcombe, Zhaoyang Lv

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 38 Main Conference (NeurIPS 2025) Main Conference Track

We propose 4DGT, a 4D Gaussian-based Transformer model for dynamic scene reconstruction, trained entirely on real-world monocular posed videos. Using 4D Gaussian as an inductive bias, 4DGT unifies static and dynamic components, enabling the modeling of complex, time-varying environments with varying object lifespans. We proposed a novel density control strategy in training, which enables our 4DGT to handle longer space-time input. Our model processes 64 consecutive posed frames in a rolling-window fashion, predicting consistent 4D Gaussians in the scene. Unlike optimization-based methods, 4DGT performs purely feed-forward inference, reducing reconstruction time from hours to seconds and scaling effectively to long video sequences. Trained only on large-scale monocular posed video datasets, 4DGT can outperform prior Gaussian-based networks significantly in real-world videos and achieve on-par accuracy with optimization-based methods on cross-domain videos.

10.52202/085713-1419