First Stage of the KDE Rendering API

docs/examples/_valid_examples.toml

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ files = [
     "viz_pbr_interactive.py",
     "viz_emwave_animation.py",
     "viz_helical_motion.py",
-    "viz_play_video.py"
+    "viz_play_video.py",
+    "viz_kde_render.py"
 ]
 
 [ui]

docs/examples/viz_kde_render.py

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+"""
+======================================================================
+Fury Kernel Density Estimation rendering Actor
+======================================================================
+This example shows how to use the KDE actor. This is a special actor in Fury that works 
+with post-processing effects to render kernel density estimations of a given set of points 
+in real-time to the screen. For better understanding on KDEs, check this 
+`Wikipedia page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_density_estimation>`_ about it.
+
+For this example, you will only need the modules below:
+"""
+import numpy as np
+
+from fury.actors.effect_manager import EffectManager
+from fury.window import Scene, ShowManager, record
+
+#####################################################################################
+# This function below will help us to relocate the points for a better visualization,
+# but it is not required.
+
+def normalize(array : np.array, min : float = 0.0, max : float = 1.0, axis : int = 0):
+    """Convert an array to a given desired range.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    array : np.ndarray
+        Array to be normalized.
+    min : float
+        Bottom value of the interval of normalization. If no value is given, it is passed as 0.0.
+    max : float
+        Upper value of the interval of normalization. If no value is given, it is passed as 1.0.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    array : np.array
+        Array converted to the given desired range.
+    """
+    if np.max(array) != np.min(array):
+        return ((array - np.min(array))/(np.max(array) - np.min(array)))*(max - min) + min
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Can't normalize an array which maximum and minimum value are the same.")
+
+##################################################################
+# First, we need to setup the screen we will render the points to.
+
+width, height = (1200, 1000)
+
+scene = Scene()
+scene.set_camera(position=(-24, 20, -40),
+                 focal_point=(0.0,
+                              0.0,
+                              0.0),
+                 view_up=(0.0, 0.0, 1.0))
+
+manager = ShowManager(
+    scene,
+    "demo",
+    (width,
+     height))
+
+manager.initialize()
+
+####################################################################
+# ``numpy.random.rand`` will be used to generate random points, which
+# will be then relocated with the function we declared below to the 
+# range of ``[-5.0, 5.0]``, so they get more space between them. In case
+# offsetted points are wanted, it can be done just as below.
+
+n_points = 1000
+points = np.random.rand(n_points, 3)
+points = normalize(points, -5, 5)
+offset = np.array([0.0, 0.0, 0.0])
+points = points + np.tile(offset, points.shape[0]).reshape(points.shape)
+
+###################################################################
+# For this KDE render, we will use a set of random sigmas as well, 
+# generated with ``numpy.random.rand`` as well, which are also 
+# remapped to the range of ``[0.05, 0.2]``.
+
+sigmas = normalize(np.random.rand(n_points, 1), 0.05, 0.2)
+
+
+###################################################################
+# Now, for the KDE render, a special class is needed, the 
+# ``EffectManager``. This class is needed to manage the post-processing
+# aspect of this kind of render, as it will need to first be 
+# rendered to an offscreen buffer, retrieved and then processed 
+# by the final actor that will render it to the screen, but don't
+# worry, none of this will need to be setup by you! Just call the 
+# ``EffectManager`` like below, passing the manager to it:
+
+effects = EffectManager(manager)
+
+###################################################################
+# After having the ``effects`` setup, just call the kde actor method 
+# from it, passing the points, sigma, and other optional options
+# if wished, like the kernel to be used or the colormap desired.
+# The colormaps are by default taken from *matplotlib*, but a
+# custom one can be passed. After calling it, just pass the actor
+# to the scene, and start it as usual.
+
+kde_actor = effects.kde(points, sigmas, kernel="gaussian", colormap="inferno")
+
+manager.scene.add(kde_actor)
+
+interactive = True
+
+if interactive:
+    manager.start()
+
+record(scene, out_path="kde_points.png", size=(800, 800))