[reassess_blind]

Why is it we don't call videogames "4D" if they also operate through time?

[dullcrisp]

Animations are four-dimensional. Colored animations are seven-dimensional. More if they include surface normals or lighting information. Simple.

[dietr1ch]

I guess if moving through time other than forward like normal it'd justify calling time a new dimension on which you can play on.

Otherwise, we just focus on the 3D space they represent and take time for granted

[jasonjmcghee]

3D Gaussian splats are still images of 3D space / photogrammetry

So I'm guessing it came from representing the additional dimension