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by GordonS 1478 days ago
Lidar... in a laptop?!
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The latest iPads and iPhones have a LIDAR on the back camera. They can be used to scan the environment. And the FaceID setup for the front-facing camera is used to create those animated memojis that match your face.

If you add it to a laptop, it could actually map the background environment and do some really fancy processing for video calls. Or even improve audio based on the room shape it sees.

https://www.apple.com/in/newsroom/2020/03/apple-unveils-new-...

Right? And not in a Tesla that’s supposed to drive itself.

(They’re not the same kinds of LiDAR, but still…)