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potree_rviz_plugin

  • Software
  • Perception
  • Tool

An rviz plugin that renders Potree point clouds, large multi-resolution point clouds produced by the Potree Converter, inside the rviz visualizer.

Made by Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany (checked on github.com/fkie (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/fkie/potree_rviz_plugin (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 143dda0 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 143dda0 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Lets rviz display Potree point clouds, which are large point clouds stored at multiple resolutions.
  • Relies on the Potree Converter to turn LAS, LAZ, PLY, XYZ or PTX files into the Potree format before rendering.
  • Currently supports uncompressed RGB point clouds created with Potree Converter versions 1.6 through 2.1.
  • The rendering approach follows an algorithm developed by Markus Schütz, and the plugin was inspired by a Unity plugin by Simon Fraiss.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 143dda0.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate

Maintenance

Status
Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
Newest commit
5 Feb 2026 on ros2
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots that can run it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

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