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The new iPhone has LiDAR. It's a really big deal — if LiDAR becomes standard in phones it changes the game completely for how 3d content is produced and consume
by sombremesa 6y ago
The new iPhone has LiDAR. It's a really big deal — if LiDAR becomes standard in phones it changes the game completely for how 3d content is produced and consumed.
It's such a myopic statement to say `Apple basically “improves” every new model by adding another camera to the back`.
- galaxyLogic 6y ago> it changes the game completely for how 3d content is produced and consumed. Can you elaborate a bit on the possibilities?
- sombremesa 6y agoI don't really like the word 'elaborate' because I'm too lazy to belabor the point. I can give you some examples, though. — Here's an example of the kind of tech people are hacking up with this phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D8OZNYQynY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D8OZNYQynY — Here's an example of the kind of tech you can expect to become commonplace when anyone can take 3d photos: https://lookingglassfactory.com/ https://lookingglassfactory.com/ — Here's a line of hardware that's going to be able to be completely replaced with an app: https://matterport.com/ https://matterport.com/
- galaxyLogic 6y agoThat's good elaboration I would say. Thanks