Splats in Splats++: Robust and Generalizable 3D Gaussian Splatting Steganography

arXiv cs.CV / 4/20/2026

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Key Points

  • The paper introduces “Splats in Splats++,” a pipeline-agnostic steganography framework that embeds high-capacity 3D/4D messages directly into native 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) representations.
  • By analyzing spherical harmonics (SH) frequency distributions, it uses an importance-graded SH coefficient encryption scheme to achieve imperceptible embedding without degrading the asset’s original representational power.
  • It addresses message leakage caused by geometric ambiguities with a Hash-Grid Guided Opacity Mapping mechanism and a Gradient-Gated Opacity Consistency Loss that tightly couples hidden and original scenes.
  • Experiments show improved message fidelity (up to 6.28 dB higher), faster rendering (up to 3×), and strong robustness against aggressive 3D-targeted structural attacks, while also generalizing to 2D, 4D, and other downstream tasks.

Abstract

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has recently redefined the paradigm of 3D reconstruction, striking an unprecedented balance between visual fidelity and computational efficiency. As its adoption proliferates, safeguarding the copyright of explicit 3DGS assets has become paramount. However, existing invisible message embedding frameworks struggle to reconcile secure and high-capacity data embedding with intrinsic asset utility, often disrupting the native rendering pipeline or exhibiting vulnerability to structural perturbations. In this work, we present \textbf{\textit{Splats in Splats++}}, a unified and pipeline-agnostic steganography framework that seamlessly embeds high-capacity 3D/4D content directly within the native 3DGS representation. Grounded in a principled analysis of the frequency distribution of Spherical Harmonics (SH), we propose an importance-graded SH coefficient encryption scheme that achieves imperceptible embedding without compromising the original expressive power. To fundamentally resolve the geometric ambiguities that lead to message leakage, we introduce a \textbf{Hash-Grid Guided Opacity Mapping} mechanism. Coupled with a novel \textbf{Gradient-Gated Opacity Consistency Loss}, our formulation enforces a stringent spatial-attribute coupling between the original and hidden scenes, effectively projecting the discrete attribute mapping into a continuous, attack-resilient latent manifold. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method substantially outperforms existing approaches, achieving up to \textbf{6.28 db} higher message fidelity, \textbf{3\times} faster rendering, and exceptional robustness against aggressive 3D-targeted structural attacks (e.g., GSPure). Furthermore, our framework exhibits remarkable versatility, generalizing seamlessly to 2D image embedding, 4D dynamic scene steganography, and diverse downstream tasks.