Point Clouds

Virtual camera flying through a point cloud scan using Unreal Engine 5

Using the newly released LiDAR scanner in the iPhone 12 Pro Max, a trail in Pennsylvania was scanned to create a point cloud of the environment. Point cloud was then imported into UE5 to animate a camera flying through the scene, along with some added lights.

Point clouds are three-dimensional data representations consisting of numerous individual points in space, each with its own coordinate and color properties! These points can be constructed and manipulated in various 3D programs.