Clean-Splat: Context-Aware Real-Time Object Removal in Augmented Reality via Generative 3D Gaussian Inpainting

Diminished Reality (DR)—the ability to visually remove real-world objects from a live Augmented Reality (AR) feed—is essential for reducing cognitive load and decluttering workspaces. However, existing techniques face a critical challenge: removing an object creates a visual void ("hole") that must be filled with a plausible background. Traditional 2D inpainting methods lack temporal consistency, causing the background to flicker or slide as the user moves. In this paper, we propose Clean-Splat, a novel framework for real-time, multi-view consistent object removal. We leverage 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) for scene representation and integrate a View-Consistent Diffusion Prior to hallucinate occluded background geometry and texture. Unlike previous NeRF-based inpainting which is prohibitively slow, our method updates the 3D scene representation in near real-time, enabling rendering at >30 FPS on consumer hardware. Extensive experiments on real-world cluttered scenes demonstrate that Clean-Splat achieves state-of-the-art perceptual quality (LPIPS) and temporal stability compared to existing video inpainting approaches.