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New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by martythemaniak »

SwiftyBug wrote: post #27
nemacol wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would like an app that lets me map the dimensions and floor plans of an indoor space. Without really knowing a ton about lidar or the specific implementation of it in this device, I imagine that could be done? The apps that use the camera are all pretty clunky. If I could just walk around the inside of my house for a while and let it map it out, that would be nifty. (put on tin foil hat) Then the iPad can track my…

Why on Earth would you want that?

I was looking for this right now, actually.

I want to remodel my house. I want to take my device, scan everything, then put replace parts - new vanity in bathroom, try different paints in different rooms, new lighting etc.

After each change, I want to put on my VR device and walk around. Finally, I want to send the changes I choose to a contractor.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by bpicolo »

SwiftyBug wrote: post #27
nemacol wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would like an app that lets me map the dimensions and floor plans of an indoor space. Without really knowing a ton about lidar or the specific implementation of it in this device, I imagine that could be done? The apps that use the camera are all pretty clunky. If I could just walk around the inside of my house for a while and let it map it out, that would be nifty. (put on tin foil hat) Then the iPad can track my…

Why on Earth would you want that?

e.g. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ikea-place/id1279244498

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by Austin_Conlon »

philistine wrote: post #34
Idajas wrote: post #28

Not going to buy something from Apple, as i am not interested in paying tons of money just for the brand name.

You’d also receive an iPad with your purchase.

As well as a couple of stickers of fruit.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by frabert »

exoque wrote: post #31

Looks like they'll have reinvented the macbook air in two generations. Not that it's a bad thing. > (the lidar) operates at the photon level at nano-second speed. Whaddya say!

To be fair, my phone operates at the photon level tol, when using the radio...
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