ESILab: An efficient software for immersion and exploitation of large point clouds
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2025
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
Digitization techniques now makes it possible to produce precise and dense textured 3D point clouds. Therefore, 3D surveys of monuments or archaeological sites can easily reach several billions of points. To ensure a smooth virtual visit and to manipulate these point clouds, we have developed the ESILab software (Enhanced Scan Immersion Lab). Thanks to a dedicated 3D model converter using an octree partitioning of the point cloud and the accessibility of rendering engine parameters, ESILab can load a 3D model containing several billion points in just a few seconds. It also makes it possible to load multiple point clouds, superimpose them and extract slices for relevant comparisons and visualizations. The point clouds of six famous and very large French Gothic monuments were used simultaneously to demonstrate the software's potential (see the attached video to the paper). This software can be shared free of charge upon request right now and will be made available to the public as soon as possible.
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@inproceedings{10.2312:dh.20253342,
booktitle = {Digital Heritage},
editor = {Campana, Stefano and Ferdani, Daniele and Graf, Holger and Guidi, Gabriele and Hegarty, Zackary and Pescarin, Sofia and Remondino, Fabio},
title = {{ESILab: An efficient software for immersion and exploitation of large point clouds}},
author = {Mouaddib, El Mustapha and Caracotte, Jordan and Kempf, Dorian and Villette, Noël and Potin, Thibault},
year = {2025},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-277-6},
DOI = {10.2312/dh.20253342}
}