A 3D visualizer for Point Cloud files like PLY (Polygon File Format) using Three.js. Supports 13+ formats: PLY, XYZ, OBJ, STL, PCD, PTS, OFF, GLTF/GLB and depth to point cloud conversions.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
A Visual Studio Code extension for visualizing Point Cloud files like PLY (Polygon File Format) with interactive 3D visualization using Three.js.
Multiple 3d formats for points and shapes and depth and disparity images are also supported.
The depth and disparity images are converted on the fly into point clouds.
Frequently new features will be added. You can simply request features that support your workflow or new file formats on github.
Features
Visualize Point Clouds: Navigate in colored or uncolored point clouds
Fast Loading of Big Point Clouds: Even point clouds with 5 Million Points load in around a second
Compare Multiple Point Clouds: Multiple point clouds can be loaded in the same view and activated and deactivated independently
Rotation of points: Apply Rotation Matrix for single point clouds
Point Cloud Formats: Support for both ASCII and binary PLY formats, XYZ point clouds, OBJ wireframes, STL files, PCD files, PTS files, OFF files, and GLTF/GLB models.
Depth to point cloud conversion: Can convert on the fly depth images to point clouds. It has support for tiff, png, pfm, npy and npz files
Pose estimations: Currently in development is support for 3d pose estimations in json files
Interpret depth/disparity images as point cloud.
Load two point clouds and switch between them imediatly pressing shift and click
Roadmap
Wrong direction of Rotation: When rotating the point cloud the direction is inverted. It's unclear how to fix this.
Add eye dome lighting: Improve perception of uncolored point clouds
Drag and Drop: Add more pc to a given pc using drag and drop instead of adding them in an extra window
Add new file formats: Body pose json files for 3d body pose, FBX files can contain meshes or animations, Exr files can contain float depth images or complete point clouds, gaussian splats
Measure distance: Add option to measure the distance between points
Add buttons for meshes: Easily active wireframe, mesh, points and normals
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Dataset support: Add images from Middlebury stereo and Eth3d as example images
Improve depth parameter support: allow more parameter to be used like disp offset and center points
Automatic usage of calib files: calibration files next to the depth images can contain all required parameter for a depth to pc conversion. Automatically use those
Improve npz file interpretation: These files can have different structures. Offer some options to visualize them
Feature Requests and Issues
If you have use cases that would be helpful for others or find problems, feel free to suggest them on the GitHub repository. If you know how to fix bugs or how to implement certain features, feel free to contribute. If you provide an example file, I can implement support for it in the extension.
