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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 frenchie4111 »

threatofrain wrote: post #253
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

Additionally, what is Apple’s vision for MacOS going forward? Presumably MacOS isn’t coming to the iPad, so is iPadOS coming to the Mac? I’m sad that MacOS may soon be meeting it’s end, and how in some weird ways, Microsoft is starting to be more Linuxy than Apple.

Is there a reason it has to be one or the other? MacOS is the best operating system for power users or content creators. iPadOS is the best operating system for personal computer users. That seems like the vision to me.

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by pottertheotter »

nemacol wrote: post #20
luigi23 wrote: post #8

Any ideas what you could develop with new lidar scanner?

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…

The press release mentions this:

"Later this year, Shapr 3D, a professional CAD system based on Siemens Parasolid technology, will use the LiDAR Scanner to automatically generate an accurate 2D floor plan and 3D model of a room which can then be used as the basis to design remodels or room additions like a bathroom or closet. New designs can then be previewed in real-world scale using AR right in the room you scanned."

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by 72deluxe »

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

Have you tried TextTastic?

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by acoard »

Someone1234 wrote: post #198
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

This is a device that doesn't support other browser rendering engines or even toy compilers, long way to go before something like VSCode could be possible, a product that let's you trivially slipstream in any renderer/script engine/compiler you want at a single click. Plus would it really be an "iPad" with you sacrifice the whole security model to allow debugging?

VS Code has incredibly good "remote" debugging setups. [0]

You can install a VS Code "server" on e.g. your Linux developer machine, then connect to it via your VS Code "client" on your iPad. You get local intellisense and the like, but actual execution of code is done on your Linux server.

You can replace Linux server with Windows, or even containers (so you can have your "server" be a local Linux docker image if you're on Windows but want to develop locally on Linux, for example).

I realize this is a higher barrier to use, but I could seriously see using it in this way.

[0] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by rhodysurf »

72deluxe wrote: post #293
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

Have you tried TextTastic?

Its a good editor but theres no auto completion, debugging, ability to compile, etc

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by oefrha »

Someone1234 wrote: post #198
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

This is a device that doesn't support other browser rendering engines or even toy compilers, long way to go before something like VSCode could be possible, a product that let's you trivially slipstream in any renderer/script engine/compiler you want at a single click. Plus would it really be an "iPad" with you sacrifice the whole security model to allow debugging?

The platform does support not only toy compilers but also full compilers, albeit through user mode emulation, so don’t even think about performance. See iSH: https://ish.app/

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Post by rhodysurf »

lostgame wrote: post #283
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...

But why does that have to be how it is? Why shouldnt I be able to compile c++ programs, go programs, etc? needing an ipa is an arbitrary restriction dev wise

Also you can run js, node, etc just fine right now on an iPad (but not node and that sucks)

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Post by lostgame »

When Logic Pro is available on the iPad Pro, I will concede to its name being acceptable.

Even developing on it is secondary.

You have Pro apps. Start acting like it.

By their own software definition - this is not a Pro machine.

If I need a Mac to run your Pro software, what makes this device fit into the ‘Pro’ category?

Re: New iPad Pro with LiDAR Scanner and trackpad support

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Post by 72deluxe »

falcolas wrote: post #200
LeoTinnitus wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's more than even high end mechanical keyboards cost.

It's only about $40 more than a Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad 2. Toss in a cover which can act as a stand, and you're probably close to the same price. Input accessories are getting pricy.

"Pricey" is one thing, but this is ridiculous!
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