Pointcloud rendering using Blender

Found a few interesting tutorials about rendering Pointcloud data in Blender. You will need to have captured the data/scene using a 3D scanner though and import it in Blender. It does generate a huge amount of datasets but the XYZ Point Reducer program from Christian Storay apparently reduces the data of the scan without reducing the data the scan itself has.

http://www.blendernation.com/2012/09/25/getting-point-clouds-into-blender/

http://www.blensor.org/node/27

The scans can also be used on Reconstructme

Just found out that you can recreate the point cloud effect in blender using the point density texture.