I tested one of their preproduction LIDAR cameras just before it was released and it was great. Their SR305 was also really good for close-range, high precision

I tested one of their preproduction LIDAR cameras just before it was released and it was great. Their SR305 was also really good for close-range, high precision applications, but they scraped that model earlier this year. For us it was the SR305 we were interested in as it had the specs we needed at the right price point. We had a meeting with the RealSense team about a year and a half ago and they strongly hinted at the SR305 being EOL soon which made it very hard for us to commit to RealSense for the project we were working on. I'm quite surprised about this news though. Back then they suggested that LIDAR and stereo cameras would be their focus going forward. I can only assume this must be a recent move given what we were told back then and that the L515 is relatively new. Huge shame about their facial auth products too. My understanding is that these are used in quite a few products, but they also use structed light tech so I assume that's why that decision was made. It's worth noting that the L515 isn't replaceable by the D455 in many use cases. The D455 is good, but doesn't have the same kind of range and precision the L515 has. It's depth data is also far nosier, as is often the case with stereo depth cameras.