Editorial for Special Issue on Three-dimensional Point Cloud Data Modeling, Processing, and Analysis

The rapid development of three-dimensional (3D) sensing technologies has led to an exponential growth in the availability of 3D point cloud data, consisting of a set of 3D coordinates indicating the spatial locations of points to explicitly represent the geometric structures of objects/scenes, associated with additional attribute information, e.g., color and normal. 3D point clouds are widely used in various fields, such as immersive telepresence, virtual/augmented reality, geographic mapping, and autonomous driving. This special issue focuses on all aspects of 3D point cloud data modeling, processing, and analysis. This special issue has collected 8 excellent articles reviewed and highly recommended by the editors and reviewers.