GPGS: Consistent 3D Object Removal via Geometry-Aware 3D Inpainting and Projected Image Refinement in 3D Gaussian Splatting

Object removal in 3D space is a key technology for immersive applications such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and the metaverse. While recent approaches have attempted to address this task using 2D inpainting models, they often suffer from two major limitations: (1) inaccurate geometric restoration in the removed regions, and (2) visual inconsistency across multiple viewpoints. To address these challenges, we propose GPGS, a novel pipeline built upon the 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) framework. First, we perform geometry-aware 3D inpainting by leveraging a pre-trained point cloud completion model and a coarse-tofine inference strategy, enabling accurate restoration of unseen 3D structures. Next, we introduce a projected image refinement method that improves the appearance of novelview projections by addressing view-dependent artifacts such as brightness shifts and texture misalignments. GPGS further enhances overall scene consistency through fine-tuning of the original 3DGS scene using the refined multi-view images. Experimental results show that our GPGS makes geometrically accurate and visually coherent outputs, even in challenging 360° panoramic scenes, significantly outperforming existing methods.