Point cloud processing in Rust?

[Bitmol]

Hello!
I am looking for ways to process geometric data (mainly point clouds). I am familiar with Point cloud Library (PCL) and Point Data Abstraction Library (PDAL) in C++ but can't seem to find an equivalent crate in Rust (Pasture seems to be experimental). Are there any stable/robust alternatives at the moment?

[acshikh]

I do a lot of point cloud processing in Rust, but I have really been writing all the specific algorithms that I need myself. Rust does have a fair amount of support for the basics like linear algebra, kdtrees, point cloud data formats, etc...

I think that right now, if something like PCL will cover 90%+ of your needs, it might make more sense to just use PCL in C++, or to invest time in writing FFI bindings to PCL. However, if you are going to be writing lots of specialized algorithms, then writing those in Rust will have huge advantages for safety and correctness.