PointShopVR: Immersive Authoring of Large Point Clouds in Virtual Reality
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Abstract
This paper presents PointShopVR, an immersive point cloud authoring system in Virtual Reality (VR) that enables intuitive creation, manipulation, and refinement of large 3D point clouds. To support real-time interaction with dense data, our system integrates a simple acceleration data structure and a continuous level-of-detail (CLOD) rendering, ensuring high frame rates in VR. PointShopVR provides a handful of authoring operations-including point addition, deletion, labeling, copy-paste, translation and deformation-each offering instant visual feedback for seamless editing. We evaluate PointShopVR through a user study in which users complete diverse editing tasks within minutes, demonstrating both the usability and effectiveness of immersive point cloud authoring. Compared to traditional desktop-based tools, PointShopVR offers enhanced accessibility, natural interaction, and immersive feedback, making it a powerful platform for large-scale 3D data exploration and creative editing in VR.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2026 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2026 |
| Pages | 475-485 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 979-8-3315-5945-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Apr 2026 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Publication series
| Series | IEEE Annual International Symposium Virtual Reality |
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| ISSN | 2642-5246 |
Conference
| Title | 33rd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces |
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| Abbreviated title | IEEE VR 2026 |
| Conference number | 33 |
| Duration | 21 - 25 March 2026 |
| Website | |
| Location | Exco |
| City | Daegu |
| Country | Korea, Republic of |
External IDs
| ORCID | /0000-0002-8923-6284/work/213147403 |
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| Scopus | 105036952695 |
| Mendeley | 9d5f9b40-a949-3db4-a3ec-8a4fdceb3d49 |
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Keywords
- Real-time rendering, Immersive authoring, Point Cloud, Virtual Reality