blackcoffeerobotics / emojicloud_plugin

An rviz plugin to display points in pointclouds as emojis

Emoji Cloud Plugins

A ROS1 RViz plugin to display emojis in LaserScans and PointClouds.

Usage

This plugin proves to be very useful for differentiating between multiple pointclouds.

For instance, one can use 😎 to identify a very accurate pointcloud, or use 💩 to identify a pointcloud with a lot of noise.

Installation

• To build this package independently:

  catkin build emojicloud_plugin
  

Tutorial

Following are the instructions of adding your very own emoji:

• Add your .png image rotated clockwise by 90° to shaders/emojis directory.

• Run the helper script, and input your emoji name and paste your emoji as well:

  ./helper_script.sh
  

  Build your package once you've added your set of emojis.

Credits

We would like to thank u/MoffKalast for giving us this wonderful idea and surfel_cloud_rviz_plugin for the accurate package structure.