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Quaternions represent rotations and cannot be observed directly. But it's possible to see how a quaternion affects, for example, a coordinate frame. So, to visualize a quaternion, you could publish tf messages with the quaternion values you have, and use TF display in RViz to see the result. A quaternion "in isolation" can be treated as a "quaternion with attached position" but with the position set to the origin or to any other fixed point in space.