.. _introduction:

About This Project #######################

Open3D is an open-source library that supports rapid development of software that deals with 3D data. The Open3D frontend exposes a set of carefully selected data structures and algorithms in both C++ and Python. The backend is highly optimized and is set up for parallelization. We welcome contributions from the open-source community.

If you use Open3D in an academic project, please cite our paper:

::

@article{Zhou2018,
    author    = {Qian-Yi Zhou and Jaesik Park and Vladlen Koltun},
    title     = {{Open3D}: {A} Modern Library for {3D} Data Processing},
    journal   = {arXiv:1801.09847},
    year      = {2018},
}

Core features

• 3D data structures
• 3D data processing algorithms
• Scene reconstruction
• Surface alignment
• 3D visualization
• Physically based rendering (PBR)
• 3D machine learning support with PyTorch and TensorFlow
• GPU acceleration for core 3D operations
• Available in C++ and Python

Supported platforms

The package has been tested on:

• Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04
• Windows 10 64-bit
• macOS High Sierra and above

With Python versions:

• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14

Resources

• Website: www.open3d.org <https://www.open3d.org>_
• Code: github.com/isl-org/Open3D <https://github.com/isl-org/Open3D>_
• Documentation: www.open3d.org/docs <https://www.open3d.org/docs>_
• License: The MIT license <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>_