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Add Lighting to Point Primitives Using Vertex Normals
Use VertexNormals with Point primitives to apply simulated illumination to point clouds.
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With[{sp = Normalize /@ RandomReal[{-1, 1}, {10^4, 3}]},

 Graphics3D[{Point[sp, VertexNormals -> sp]}]]
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