PointCloudLibrary/pcl

Support RealSense cameras on Linux

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#1215 opened on Apr 26, 2015

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Description

Intel will be releasing their new RealSense 3D camera soon. Unfortunately the list of officially supported OSes includes only one item, Windows 8. I already have a working PCL grabber that uses official SDK for Windows. It's more or less complete and will be integrated in the mainstream PCL soon.

A more interesting topic is support for RealSense cameras on Linux. @teknotus has been working on this for several months and has managed to get color, depth, and IR data from the camera on Linux. He also has a Qt-based app to view the streamed images.

In this issue I propose to discuss how we can integrate RealSense support into PCL for Linux.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
needs investigation
Prerequisites
C++PCL basicsLinux programming
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
15
Research direction
This issue proposes integrating RealSense camera support on Linux into PCL. Start by reviewing the existing Windows grabber implementation at https://github.com/taketwo/rs and the Linux work by @teknotus, including the depthview Qt application and his blog post. Then assess the RealSense SDK for Linux and determine how to adapt the Windows code or create a new grabber that fits PCL's architecture.