# LiDAR point cloud

Visual style (Rendering styles)
Source: https://visual-gallery.asami.tokyo/en/styles/lidar-point-cloud

A street as a spinning laser sensor sees it: rings of points colored by distance on black.

## Palette
- #020305 Void (~72%)
- #E8402A Near red (~7%)
- #E9D93A Mid yellow (~7%)
- #3FD982 Mid green (~7%)
- #3A5BE0 Far blue (~7%)

## Visual traits
- The scene is made only of small points on a near-black background; there are no surfaces or lines
- Points lie on concentric rings around the sensor, dense near it and sparse far away, bending as they climb walls and cars
- Color shows distance with a rainbow ramp (red near, through yellow and green, to blue far), or height in two colors
- Objects cast empty shadows behind them where the laser cannot reach
- Thin 3D wireframe boxes mark detected cars and people, and a brighter sweep rotates once per turn of the sensor

## Prompt
LiDAR point cloud render: a city street seen from a car-mounted spinning laser sensor, made only of tiny points on a near-black background. Points form concentric rings around the sensor, dense near and sparse far, bending up the sides of buildings and parked cars; empty laser shadows behind objects. Points colored by range with a turbo rainbow ramp, red near to blue far. Thin wireframe 3D boxes around detected cars, a faint range grid.

## Avoid
solid surfaces, mesh wireframe terrain, shaded 3D render, photographic texture, smooth gradients, glowing fog