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# Introduction
PyTorch3D provides efficient, reusable components for 3D Computer Vision research with [PyTorch](https://pytorch.org).
Key features include:
- Data structure for storing and manipulating triangle meshes
- Efficient operations on triangle meshes (projective transformations, graph convolution, sampling, loss functions)
- A differentiable mesh renderer
PyTorch3D is designed to integrate smoothly with deep learning methods for predicting and manipulating 3D data.
For this reason, all operators in PyTorch3D:
- Are implemented using PyTorch tensors
- Can handle minibatches of hetereogenous data
- Can be differentiated
- Can utilize GPUs for acceleration
Within FAIR, PyTorch3D has been used to power research projects such as [Mesh R-CNN](https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02739).
## Installation
For detailed instructions refer to [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md).
## License
PyTorch3D is released under the [BSD-3-Clause License](LICENSE).
## Tutorials
Get started with PyTorch3D by trying one of the tutorial notebooks.
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| [Deform a sphere mesh to dolphin](https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/blob/master/docs/tutorials/deform_source_mesh_to_target_mesh.ipynb)| [Bundle adjustment](https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/blob/master/docs/tutorials/bundle_adjustment.ipynb) |
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| [Render textured meshes](https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/blob/master/docs/tutorials/render_textured_meshes.ipynb)| [Camera position optimization](https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/blob/master/docs/tutorials/camera_position_optimization_with_differentiable_rendering.ipynb)|
## Documentation
Learn more about the API by reading the PyTorch3D [documentation](https://pytorch3d.readthedocs.org/).
We also have deep dive notes on several API components:
- [Heterogeneous Batching](https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/tree/master/docs/notes/batching.md)
- [Mesh IO](https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/tree/master/docs/notes/meshes_io.md)
- [Differentiable Rendering](https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/tree/master/docs/notes/renderer_getting_started.md)
## Development
We welcome new contributions to PyTorch3D and we will be actively maintaining this library! Please refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md](./.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for full instructions on how to run the code, tests and linter, and submit your pull requests.
## Contributors
PyTorch3D is written and maintained by the Facebook AI Research Computer Vision Team.
## Citation
If you find PyTorch3D useful in your research, please cite:
```bibtex
@misc{ravi2020pytorch3d,
author = {Nikhila Ravi and Jeremy Reizenstein and David Novotny and Taylor Gordon
and Wan-Yen Lo and Justin Johnson and Georgia Gkioxari},
title = {PyTorch3D},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d}},
year = {2020}
}
```