Open3D: open-source library for 3D data processing, visualisation and machine learning in C++ and Python

What it supplies: Open3D is an open-source library for rapid development of software that deals with 3D data. It has C++ and Python front ends and an optimised, parallelised backend. Useful for: - Process 3D data with data structures and algorithms, including scene reconstruction and surface alignment. - Visualise geometry and use physically based rendering. - Use PyTorch or TensorFlow for 3D machine learning, with Open3D-ML as an extension. - Inspect files in the standalone Open3D-Viewer app. First action: - Run pip install open3d, or open3d-cpu for a smaller CPU-only wheel on x86_64 Linux from v0.17, then run the one-line verification. - Try the sphere example with o3d.visualization.draw. - For C++, download a binary package or compile from source and use the CMake examples. Prerequisites and limits: - Pre-built pip packages support Ubuntu 20.04 or later, macOS 10.15 or later and Windows 10 or later, 64-bit, with Python 3.10 to 3.14. - The smaller open3d-cpu wheel is for x86_64 Linux from v0.17. - Open3D-ML needs Open3D installed with PyTorch or TensorFlow. - Pre-built pip packages cover only the listed platforms and Python versions. - The README documents GPU acceleration for core operations but no performance was measured here. - Development features need the development pip package or a source build. The README calls Open3D open-source but does not state a licence in the text read here, so check the repository's licence file before use or redistribution. It asks users to cite the Open3D paper. 3D data you process carries its own rights. Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run and no 3D data was processed. Based on README text only; the documentation site and any licence file were not read. No install or run was made; performance claims are the README's own. Source inspected: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/isl-org/Open3D/b6c5e196384ad71e75b6e6f9c5da22d046221f1d/README.md ; 6673 bytes ; sha256 9e5efafff825f967ac5eaa51daf17dbae9220c14215e48fe5e85337f6f2462cf ; 11 exact pinned excerpts in the draft pin map

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