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PCLVisualizer tutorial issue on Windows

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#1,601 opened on May 4, 2016

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Description

There's been some people getting exceptions on the PCLVisualizer tutorial on Windows platforms. More info in threads http://www.pcl-users.org/Can-t-visualize-normals-Exception-thrown-td4041574.html http://www.pcl-users.org/Access-Violation-vtkOpenGLBufferObject-GenerateBuffer-enum-vtkOpenGLBufferObject-ObjectType-td4041634.html

@UnaNancyOwen do you mind giving it a try? You're kind of our Windows person :)

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Research direction
Investigate the exception occurring in the PCLVisualizer tutorial on Windows, potentially related to VTK OpenGL buffer objects. Check the reported threads for details.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
computer graphics
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