Importing point clouds into PlayCanvas

Nazar_Semets · February 5, 2021, 11:30am

Hi. Can I import a point cloud into playcanvas project? Any advice on how to do it?

yaustar · February 5, 2021, 12:11pm

If each point is represented by the same mesh (like a sphere or box), you can use hardware instancing to render it: http://playcanvas.github.io/#graphics/hardware-instancing.html

Nazar_Semets · February 5, 2021, 12:52pm

Thank you for answer. I have one more.
Can I use Potree in playcanvas?

yaustar · February 5, 2021, 1:01pm

No, potree is a renderer as well. You may be able to port it so it renders using PlayCanvas instead though if you are looking for the data parsing/loader.

Nazar_Semets · February 5, 2021, 1:49pm

Ok. Thanks

mvaligursky · February 5, 2021, 1:51pm

We have engine example here which does load point cloud using .ply and .drc (draco compressed) format. Read more there about why it’s not released yet - mostly IE11 compatibility.

Nazar_Semets · February 5, 2021, 3:21pm

Thanks for information.

Rich_Williams · February 21, 2022, 11:02pm

Is there an example scene that can be forked with this?