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title: "Point Clouds"
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description: "Point Clouds — Vuer documentation"
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# Point Clouds

This section covers displaying point cloud data in Vuer, including loading from files and programmatic streaming.

## Show Point Clouds Programmatically and Fast

Learn **two methods** for displaying point clouds: loading PLY files from a static server or sending vertices/colors directly via websocket.

**[View full example →](/examples/point_clouds/pointcloud)**

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## PointCloud Animation

Animate point clouds using `TimelineControls` and the global `app.update` method to broadcast updates to all connected clients.

**[View full example →](/examples/point_clouds/animation)**

## PointCloud Animation (Upsert)

Similar to the animation example above, but uses session-based `proxy.upsert` to target specific client sessions instead of global broadcasting.

**[View full example →](/examples/point_clouds/animation_upsert)**

## Depth Point Cloud

Generate point clouds directly from depth images using the `DepthPointCloud` component with colormap support.

**[View full example →](/examples/point_clouds/depth_pointcloud)**

## Example List

- [Programmatic PointCloud](/examples/point_clouds/pointcloud)
- [PointCloud Animation](/examples/point_clouds/animation)
- [PointCloud Animation (Upsert)](/examples/point_clouds/animation_upsert)
- [Depth Point Cloud](/examples/point_clouds/depth_pointcloud)