Note that this project is no longer maintained, but should still be functional.
This is a Lidar simulator created in the game engine Unity, its purpose is to generate lidar data virtually, without the need of a real Lidar sensor.
This project was part of a Bachelor thesis and project conducted at the Computer Science and Engineering department at Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Sweden, during the spring 2017.
Thesis: http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/251700/251700.pdf
Philip Tibom
Tobias Alldén
Martin Chemander
Sherry Davar
Jonathan Jansson
Rickard Laurenius
Contact: https://lidar.computerscience.se/contact
https://lidar.computerscience.se/
Load the project in Unity 5.6 and use the build tool.
Add the following scenes in order:
0: MainMenu
1: FinalScene
2: ExternalVisualization
3: Credits
Then build.
The project is only tested for Windows but OSX and Linux should work too, although untested.
You can download a compiled version here:
https://github.com/ptibom/Lidar-Simulator/raw/master/build/Build.rar
Extract it anywhere and run the EXE.
Unity Engine 5.6 (Might work for newer versions)
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2017 Philip Tibom, Jonathan Jansson, Rickard Laurenius, Tobias Alldén, Martin Chemander, Sherry Davar
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