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Hi, Yes you can see that Kinect cloud in the rviz. But this will only be the depth cloud and rgb cloud will not be present. Check the launch files of the turtlebot simulator in Gazebo. It has the kinect launch file as well. So once you start the turtlebot the Kinect cloud can be viewed in rviz. I have already done this so I am pretty sure that the simulated cloud can be seen in rviz.

Hope it helps,

Karthik

Hi, Yes you can see that Kinect cloud in the rviz. But this will only be the depth cloud and rgb cloud will not be present.

~~Check~~

First run the gazebo using

roslaunch gazebo_worlds <your_world>.launch

Then launch ~~files of~~ the ~~turtlebot simulator in Gazebo. It has~~ turtlebot_gazebo using

roslaunch turtlebot_gazebo robot.launch

Now try visualizing the same on rviz

rosrun rviz rviz

You can see both images and pointclouds published by the simulated kinect ~~launch file as well. So once you start the turtlebot the Kinect cloud can be viewed~~ in rviz. ~~I have already done this so I am pretty~~ Make sure ~~that~~ your world has some objects to be scanned by the ~~simulated cloud can be seen in rviz.~~kinect.

Hope it helps,

Karthik