diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml
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+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  gaussian_splatting:
+    image: gaussian_splatting:author
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: gaussian_splatting_container
+    volumes:
+      - /data2/tushar:/data
+      - ../:/workspace
+    ports:
+      - "8888:8888"  # Adjust the port mapping as needed
+    environment:
+      - NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all  # Adjust GPU visibility as needed
+    command: "/bin/bash -c 'source /etc/bash.bashrc && tail -f /dev/null && /bin/bash'"  # Keep container running
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        reservations:
+          devices:
+          - driver: nvidia
+            count: all
+            capabilities: [gpu]
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+ARG CUDA_VERSION=11.8.0
+ARG OS_VERSION=22.04
+ARG USER_ID=1000
+
+# Define base image.
+FROM nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-devel-ubuntu${OS_VERSION}
+ARG CUDA_VERSION
+ARG OS_VERSION
+ARG USER_ID
+
+# metainformation
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="0.1.18"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache License 2.0"
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/library/nvidia/cuda:${CUDA_VERSION}-devel-ubuntu${OS_VERSION}"
+
+ARG CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=70
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ENV TZ=Europe/Berlin
+ENV CUDA_HOME="/usr/local/cuda"
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential \
+    cmake \
+    curl \
+    ffmpeg \
+    git \
+    libatlas-base-dev \
+    libboost-filesystem-dev \
+    libboost-graph-dev \
+    libboost-program-options-dev \
+    libboost-system-dev \
+    libboost-test-dev \
+    libhdf5-dev \
+    libcgal-dev \
+    libeigen3-dev \
+    libflann-dev \
+    libfreeimage-dev \
+    libgflags-dev \
+    libglew-dev \
+    libgoogle-glog-dev \
+    libmetis-dev \
+    libprotobuf-dev \
+    libqt5opengl5-dev \
+    libsqlite3-dev \
+    libsuitesparse-dev \
+    nano \
+    protobuf-compiler \
+    python-is-python3 \
+    python3 \
+    python3-dev \
+    python3-distutils \
+    python3-pip \
+    qtbase5-dev \
+    sudo \
+    vim-tiny \
+    wget && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install GLOG (required by ceres).
+RUN git clone --branch v0.6.0 https://github.com/google/glog.git --single-branch && \
+    cd glog && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake .. && \
+    make -j "$(nproc)" && \
+    make install && \
+    cd ../.. && \
+    rm -rf glog
+
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/lib"
+
+# Install Ceres-solver (required by colmap).
+RUN git clone --branch 2.1.0 https://ceres-solver.googlesource.com/ceres-solver.git --single-branch && \
+    cd ceres-solver && \
+    git checkout "$(git describe --tags)" && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake .. -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF && \
+    make -j "$(nproc)" && \
+    make install && \
+    cd ../.. && \
+    rm -rf ceres-solver
+
+# Install colmap.
+RUN git clone --branch 3.8 https://github.com/colmap/colmap.git --single-branch && \
+    cd colmap && \
+    mkdir build && \
+    cd build && \
+    cmake .. -DCUDA_ENABLED=ON \
+             -DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=${CUDA_ARCHITECTURES} && \
+    make -j "$(nproc)" && \
+    make install && \
+    cd ../.. && \
+    rm -rf colmap
+
+# Create non-root user and set up environment.
+RUN useradd -m -d /home/user -g root -G sudo -u ${USER_ID} user
+RUN usermod -aG sudo user
+RUN echo "user:user" | chpasswd
+RUN echo '%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+
+USER ${USER_ID}
+WORKDIR /home/user
+
+ENV PATH="${PATH}:/home/user/.local/bin"
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools pathtools promise pybind11
+
+USER root
+RUN CUDA_VER=${CUDA_VERSION%.*} && CUDA_VER=${CUDA_VER//./} && python3 -m pip install \
+    torch==2.0.0+cu${CUDA_VER} \
+    torchvision==0.15.0+cu${CUDA_VER} \
+        --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu${CUDA_VER}
+USER ${USER_ID}
+
+RUN git clone --branch v0.4.0 --recursive https://github.com/colmap/pycolmap.git && \
+    cd pycolmap && \
+    python3 -m pip install . && \
+    cd ..
+
+RUN git clone --branch master --recursive https://github.com/cvg/Hierarchical-Localization.git && \
+    cd Hierarchical-Localization && \
+    python3 -m pip install -e . && \
+    cd ..
+
+RUN python3 -m pip install omegaconf
+
+USER root
+RUN chsh -s /bin/bash user
+USER ${USER_ID}
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