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Is there any comparable non Apple device for easily capturing rgbd images?

by totetsu 5y ago

jahewson 5y ago
Samsung S20/S21/S22 phones have a LiDAR sensor.
- ece 5y ago
  I thought some of the older ones did (S10/S20), but the newer ones dropped it. Yep: https://www.laserfocusworld.com/blogs/article/14205758/samsung-abandons-lidar-sensors-in-phones https://www.laserfocusworld.com/blogs/article/14205758/samsu... Newer android phones do have a LDAF/TOF sensor, but it's much simpler than LiDAR AFAIK.
ece 5y ago
Seems like photogrammetry is what Android's AR Core does with AI: https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/depth#depth_images https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/depth#depth_images You should be able to get rgbd images from a phone supporting the AR Core Depth API: https://developers.google.com/ar/devices#google_play_devices https://developers.google.com/ar/devices#google_play_devices
andybak 5y ago
My compromise was to go with an iPad (second hand). I didn't own a tablet, I got access to other iOS apps and features that were mildly interesting (music creation mainly). And I didn't have to switch my actual main phone which would have been far too much of a commitment to their walled garden. The form factor is a bit clunky for scanning and I don't have the "it's in my pocket all the time" advantage you get with a phone.
rsp1984 5y ago
How about this: https://www.dotproduct3d.com/dot3dlite.html https://www.dotproduct3d.com/dot3dlite.html Works on Android and Windows. You will need an Intel Realsense camera.
- technobabbler 5y ago
  I think those are no longer supported or something. Intel gave up on realsense AFAIK.
doublerebel 5y ago
A self-contained device, not really. The closest would be an Azure Kinect or Luxonis OAK-D, both of which must be hooked up to a computer to capture and process images. (It's possible to use a HoloLens or Magic Leap to capture RGB-D with a low-res depth channel, but not without some developer-mode tweaks or custom software.) RIP Google Tango.

Is there any comparable non Apple device for easily capturing rgbd images?

jahewson 5y ago

Samsung S20/S21/S22 phones have a LiDAR sensor.

ece 5y ago
I thought some of the older ones did (S10/S20), but the newer ones dropped it. Yep: https://www.laserfocusworld.com/blogs/article/14205758/samsung-abandons-lidar-sensors-in-phones https://www.laserfocusworld.com/blogs/article/14205758/samsu... Newer android phones do have a LDAF/TOF sensor, but it's much simpler than LiDAR AFAIK.

ece 5y ago

Seems like photogrammetry is what Android's AR Core does with AI: https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/depth#depth_images https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/depth#depth_images You should be able to get rgbd images from a phone supporting the AR Core Depth API: https://developers.google.com/ar/devices#google_play_devices https://developers.google.com/ar/devices#google_play_devices

andybak 5y ago

My compromise was to go with an iPad (second hand). I didn't own a tablet, I got access to other iOS apps and features that were mildly interesting (music creation mainly). And I didn't have to switch my actual main phone which would have been far too much of a commitment to their walled garden. The form factor is a bit clunky for scanning and I don't have the "it's in my pocket all the time" advantage you get with a phone.

rsp1984 5y ago

How about this: https://www.dotproduct3d.com/dot3dlite.html https://www.dotproduct3d.com/dot3dlite.html Works on Android and Windows. You will need an Intel Realsense camera.

technobabbler 5y ago
I think those are no longer supported or something. Intel gave up on realsense AFAIK.

doublerebel 5y ago

A self-contained device, not really. The closest would be an Azure Kinect or Luxonis OAK-D, both of which must be hooked up to a computer to capture and process images. (It's possible to use a HoloLens or Magic Leap to capture RGB-D with a low-res depth channel, but not without some developer-mode tweaks or custom software.) RIP Google Tango.