[refulgentis]

The new iPhone has LIDAR. Solid state LIDAR continues to improve and get cheaper.

[dilyevsky]

That lidar probably doesn’t have good fov and resolution. Getting those working on a solid state unit is a big challenge

[deepnotderp]

Multi point flash is actually petty good at that, and as the number of vcsels increases, it will increase

[genericone]

Any idea what Apple's LIDAR specs are? Just saying that if the sample rate is only supposed to be good enough for auto-focusing a camera every second within a 10-20 degree FOV on-center, then there's still a deal of improvement needed before they can be used for self-driving cars. I think the tech will get there eventually, but this is an area where the sensor specs become really important.