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For one, it makes their sensor suite equal to what mobile phones have. The IMU can be used alongside the camera for visual-inertial mapping and navigation, the
by dheera 4y ago
For one, it makes their sensor suite equal to what mobile phones have.
The IMU can be used alongside the camera for visual-inertial mapping and navigation, the barometer could be used for localization across floors of a building (yes the barometers in a phone are good enough to pick up on a couple meters' pressure difference), the IMU can also be used for shake-related gestures e.g. ignoring sporadic mouse movements when you're using a laptop in a car, they can be used for gestures e.g. slapping the laptop left and right to switch virtual workspaces, ...
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoIf you were willing to have a chain or giant sandwich hanging off your laptop you could probably cobble that together with an Adafruit Trinkey and the sensors along the lines of this: https://learn.adafruit.com/diy-trinkey-no-solder-air-quality-monitor https://learn.adafruit.com/diy-trinkey-no-solder-air-quality... (might not be too terrible velcro'ed to the lid...)