Blender 5.3 released with Gaussian Splat support

Blender 5.3 has been released with major new features including native support for 3D Gaussian Splats, which can be imported from multiple file formats and rendered natively in EEVEE or Cycles for reconstructing 3D scenes from photos or videos. The update also introduces light dispersion effects in the Principled BSDF for creating realistic rainbow effects in glass and gemstones, DLSS 4.5 denoising, and several other rendering and editing improvements.