[karmicthreat]

Yea, my space is mostly industrial so its a more cost sensitive area.

Out of curiosity, this artifact with the van in the below picture common with flash lidars? https://imgur.com/a/OI4UZt9

I am guessing the van is painted with something that strongly absorbs your laser frequencies (black paint). Is this something that your lidar is working to get around?

[derek_frome]

Yeah - we're actually exploring how to address the industrial market more effectively right now. There's a lot of interest in moving from 2D to 3D lidar.

Part of that is probably just the resolution you're seeing on the point cloud (i.e. if it were up on a 4k OLED you'd see it a lot better than you do on that screenshot) and part of it is definitely that lidar as a broad category has a comparatively harder time with this type of surface than other surfaces. That's why it's super important when comparing lidar units to see what reflectivity they're quoting. 80% vs 10% reflectivity typically reduces range significantly.

PS if you want to get in touch directly, my email is derek.frome at ouster dot io