RVIZ not showing PointCloud2

Question

Hi,

I have an issue using RVIZ when I try to visualize my data coming from Kinect using the following:

$ roslaunch openni_camera openni_node.launch

$ rosrun rviz rviz

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nothing shows up, the only thing that is shown is the sensor_msgs/Image topics (little image frame in the right), why is that happening? I get no errors, but I can't see anything.

Thanks

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Originally posted by DavidLavy on ROS Answers with karma: 139 on 2012-05-20

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Original comments

Comment by joq on 2012-05-20:
Which version of rviz are you running, Electric, Fuerte, Diamondback? Are you sure the point cloud is within the viewing area of the display?

Comment by joq on 2012-05-20:
Isn't there some nodelet you need to convert opennI data to PointCloud2?

Answer 1

It looks like the 3D viewing window in rviz isn't working properly, or the pointcloud isn't within your field of view.

I would try rotating the view to see if your pointcloud is somewhere else, and I would check that your graphics drivers are installed properly. See: http://ros.org/wiki/rviz/Troubleshooting

Note that rviz has fairly high graphics requirements, and doesn't usually work when run on an integrated chipset or within a virtual machine.

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Originally posted by ahendrix with karma: 47576 on 2012-05-20

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