A summary of the sayings on the benefit of the LiDAR sensor

I finally changed the iPhone XS (After I destroyed my face sensor) And by the grace of God I bought the iPhone 12 Pro, why the iPhone 12 Pro? Not the regular iPhone 12, the reason is a simple calculation, I think that the 64GB capacity is not suitable for me and therefore I want a phone with at least 128GB capacity, the price of the iPhone 12 is $ 879 and the price of the iPhone 12 Pro is $ 999, so the difference is $ 120, what Will I get this 120 dollars? The Pro device is supported by stainless steel and is stronger in durability, also an additional Telephoto camera with the ability to shoot HDR quality at 60 frames per second, as well as 4X zoom, a screen with stronger lighting 800nits and also the topic of today's article is a LiDAR sensor, so the $ 120 is a good price for all this. This is the equation that made me the best iPhone Pro and most importantly, the LiDAR sensor experience, which I felt might be useful. After the experiment, did you find it really useful?

What is the LiDAR sensor?

If you want to know everything about the LiDAR sensor, you should read this article (LiDAR sensor technology of the past coming from the future, what can it do now?In short, it is a sensor that can accurately know the distance to the objects around you, and thus it can draw a map of what is around you, and the truth is this technology is undoubtedly impressive, and you can consider it as a XNUMXD scanner.

What is its use for me?

Really, this is the question I asked myself, What is the benefit of the LiDAR sensor for me? I found nothing in the system that only makes use of the LiDAR sensor Measure height for people in Apple's measuring program.

Other than that, even in the camera that tells Apple that it makes use of the LiDAR sensor for better photos, I did not feel this clearly, perhaps because I am not a professional photography.

So I searched for the answer in the Apple Store. Of course, there are applications that benefit from the LiDAR sensor, and I reached several applications ...

Application 3d scanner app

This program embodies the actual benefit of the LiDAR sensor, so what is now only a three-dimensional scanner, but this application is the best in this field and enables you to copy anything and convert it into a three-dimensional stereoscopic, but what is the use? For me, I used this application when I was buying a table and I was not sure if it would fit the place I would put it in, so I scanned the table through this application and made it a XNUMXD stereoscopic, and at home I put it through the augmented reality feature in the place I think would be appropriate To her, and indeed it was somewhat helpful.

3d Scanner App™

Free

Developer	laan labs

Application Effectron

This is an application only for entertainment and making different videos, it enables you to change the environment around you and add effects in a deep way that can only be available if there is a sensor such as LiDAR The application gives a good example of how the LiDAR sensor works and how it can identify the elements around you and their dimensions, as well as people The app is undoubtedly impressive, but the benefit is weak, you may consider it a luxury app only.

Effectron

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Developer	株式会社 ア フ ェ ク シ ョ ン

Application Primer: AR Home Design

An application also takes advantage of the LiDAR sensor feature so that it changes the shape of the wall in your home and you can see it as if it is real and the reason is that it shows wallpaper on the wall only, unlike applications that work without the LiDAR sensor, the application works very efficiently and may give you a clear picture of the shape of your home if you want to change The shape of the walls.

This app is no longer available on the App Store. :-(

Open in store Search for it on Google

Application RoomScan LiDAR

This is one of the dazzling applications that take advantage of the LiDAR sensor completely, the application allows you to make a model of the whole room, you can see the two-dimensional room plan and also the whole room with all its three-dimensional and three-dimensional, of course, this application may be a miracle for specialists in various fields, but for For us, the public, it will be of limited use.

This app is no longer available on the App Store. :-(

Open in store Search for it on Google

Game RC Club - AR Racing Simulator

I know that you will say what this triviality is, a game that uses LiDAR, but I will tell you that this game is the best that I liked in all the LiDAR applications group, and you should see the shock on people's faces when you open this game and there is a shoe on the ground for example, so the car recognizes it and ascends it as if it really is Exist, this is very impressive, as if it is really a real car that deals with everything around it naturally, and how fun it is to have it come up on a table and then slip and wander around as if it is really a real world, something imaginary.

RC Club - AR Racing Simulator

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Developer	Abylight SL

A summary of the sayings on the benefit of the LiDAR sensor

In conclusion, it is only for professionals, who will benefit from these applications presented in this article and other applications available in the software store. As for us, the entertainment side of these apps quickly gets tired of it, and there is no reason to say that the LiDAR sensor is of great use even now. In short, you will not feel it on your phone and will not feel its use except rarely if you come across a distinctive application.

Also, we must mention that the accuracy of the LiDAR sensor is not great, and you cannot make XNUMXD scanning of large areas due to the lack of memory, and it is not easy to edit these XNUMXD copies. The LiDAR sensor may be developed in the future, but we believe that the LiDAR has a role in the upcoming Apple glasses, and Apple is now putting it in its devices so that developers can deal with it and there are applications that exploit it and it will often be abandoned in iPhones over the coming years. It remains in the iPad Pro on the basis that it is used by professionals, but its continuation in the iPhone is unlikely for us and this is due to its lack of usefulness, unless it appears for another use in the future.