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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 dade_ »

I've already ordered one. I sold off the last of my Apple products a few years ago. Since then, the MacBook Pro has improved, but MacOS was getting so buggy that I didn't really see he benefit over dealing with Windows (also, I love WSL). iPhones with lightning connectors and no headphone jack offend me. So no thanks. Besides, have you tried the Xperia 5?

But man I miss my iPad. My very expensive and high performance toy with the nearly endless choice of very high quality applications and games.

Android tablet apps are plain awful. There are a few good apps on Windows (6 of them and half haven't been updated in 3+ years) and there are always random lags and endless strange issues with Tablet mode. Never mind that a Windows machine often needs to wake up from suspend vs iPad instant on.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by numpad0 »

Slippery_John wrote: post #237
luigi23 wrote: post #8

Any ideas what you could develop with new lidar scanner?

3D scan any physical object and then send it to a 3D printer. So many possibilities! - Cosplayer? 3D scan yourself, you now have a model you can make minis out of. - Need to replace a simple valve to help treat covid19? This does most of the work for you. - Game dev? You can scan a real world item, either importing it directly or using it as an outline for an in-game object. For most high detail or functional things…

None of that happens! Kinect is about to turn ten, and only two things that came of various consumer RGBD cameras were Face ID and VTubers.

They're good for tracking and measurement but the data out of them has near zero aesthetic quality especially for its complexity.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by lostgame »

burgerquizz wrote: post #186

Apple, please make the ipadOS eco system developer friendly. I'd buy it instantly. If Visual Studio Code was available there, that'd be amazing. There is some projects[1] going on but using some non-viable workaround [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/70764

I had to do a double take when I saw you’d written ‘VSCode’.

Are you serious? We should be starting with XCode, I mean, given all the rules and restrictions on the platform, it’ll be shocking enough when Apple finally gets XCode into action.

As for VSCode, I’m not even sure what you’d be compiling onto the device, as Swift or Obj-C in XCode is the only way to end up with a .ipa you can run...

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by thejsa »

saagarjha wrote: post #79
baybal2 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't install your own software on ios without jailbreak (which is not available since iphone 5 or so)

Yes, you can. You just need to sign it appropriately. Also, there's been multiple jailbreaks since iPhone 5.

Having to re-sign one’s apps every seven days (or pay $99/yr) barely counts, IMO; but yes, jailbreaking is easier than ever on any iPhone s as recent as the X/8.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by rtkwe »

jrochkind1 wrote: post #274

How long until they stop making MacOS devices, do you think?

A while still I think. The tablet laptop form factor is still not quite as good as just a laptop in a lot of situations. It only really works well when you have a large enough space to move the tablet around to make the limited angle options work for example.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by BubRoss »

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?

Why would someone want to map out an indoor space as a 3D model with color and precision? I would never have thought the usefulness of that would be in question. Any kind of building or construction, virtual spaces, robotics navigation, virtual tours etc. can and already are making use of these things.
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