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Super cool concept. Nothing against the iPhone, but it would be neat to also have (e.g. open source or DIY electronics) projects which enabled use of lidar tec

Super cool concept. Nothing against the iPhone, but it would be neat to also have (e.g. open source or DIY electronics) projects which enabled use of lidar tech at home-user prices. It's worth noting (again, without trying to be a grinch - merely trying to add to the overall picture) that there are actual dedicated lidar scanners on the retail market, of higher spec and capability, within a similar price range as the Apple devices involved here. Of course, you don't get an awesome iPhone with those! :)

jakecopp 4y ago
> it would be neat to also have (e.g. open source or DIY electronics) projects which enabled use of lidar tech at home-user prices. I agree! I've heard of "cheap" lidar scanners (Intel Lidar Camera L515 for $375 apparently [1], or [2]) but the act of turning real time depth measurements from a UART output into a 3D model (or even just a coloured pointcloud) is no simple task! The Intel one does appear to have been discontinued: https://www.therobotreport.com/intel-issues-end-of-life-notice-realsense-lidar/ https://www.therobotreport.com/intel-issues-end-of-life-noti... Something that may scratch the itch though - I've thought it would be cool to build a bicycle mounted, microcontroller-controlled servo mount for an iPhone which moves it back and forth to increase the the width of scanned area (I assume a sine wave). [1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/liudco/where_to_get_cheap_but_effective_lidar_sensor/gn5andm/ https://old.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/liudco/where_to_g... [2]: https://www.leishenlidar.com/product/m10-low-cost-tof-lidar-scanner-outdoor/ https://www.leishenlidar.com/product/m10-low-cost-tof-lidar-...