I might be missing something, but is there a different place where we can see SideFX labs udpates, since this thread [www.sidefx.com] hasn't been updated for a while? I'm asking because I distinctly remember reading something about an upcoming tool to mesh lidar point clouds when 19.5 released, but now I can't seem to find it anymore.

Newest version are here:
https://github.com/sideeffects/SideFXLabs/releases?page=1 [github.com]

This might be outside of the scope of SideFX Labs, but some interesting work is underway to use Stable Diffusion [arstechnica.com] as an almost-live rendering assistant. Apparently C4D, Blender, and Maya are first on the list, but maybe Houdini could be another candidate.



https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/x6cbwp/wrote_a_plugin_that_renders_the_cinema_4d_scene/ [www.reddit.com]