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Lidar for everyone

Didn’t it seem like we’d all be measuring playing fields, creating 3D objects, and making virtual 3D playgrounds out of our living rooms by now? Phones have 3D sensors, and now Apple has added Lidar, so why can’t we have these things? It’s here now and looks like a trend that will be happening in 2021. TikTok symbolically kicked it ...

Robert Dow

Didn’t it seem like we’d all be measuring playing fields, creating 3D objects, and making virtual 3D playgrounds out of our living rooms by now? Phones have 3D sensors, and now Apple has added Lidar, so why can’t we have these things? It’s here now and looks like a trend that will be happening in 2021. TikTok symbolically kicked it off with a New Year’s Eve Lens, but they are hardly the first to use the capability.   TikTok has taken advantage of the Lidar capabilities in the Apple iPhone 12 Pro to power a New Year’s Eve Ball, which
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