Have you ever been warned about the dangers of laser pointers, and how looking right into one can permanently damage your eyes? That's not the only kind of damage a laser light can do if used ...

I'll be honest: I didn't know that an iPhone was able to do a lidar scan. (The iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, and iPad Pro can all do it.) When I found out that my phone could, I became obsessed with scanning ...

To make the iPhone as capable as it is, Apple equipped it with several sensors. One of these is the LiDAR scanner. LiDAR — short for Light Detection and Ranging — is a sensor that essentially measures ...

It’s the end of the year, which means the world gets a new iPhone. And in the case of the iPhone 12, we’re getting five new ones. This time, the iPhone has a small surprise in store: an integrated ...

There are some interesting iOS apps being worked on to allow you to walk around inside a room, for instance, while capturing a point cloud, or capture point clouds for objects. I guess in the near ...

House-scanning app Canvas works with lidar on the iPhone 12 Pro, but also scans without it. The difference is accuracy. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, ...

Apple was serious about partnering with BMW for Project Titan in 2017- maybe because Steve Jobs, its iconic founder, loved his BMW. Which LiDAR company will invoke similar passions for the I-Car as it ...

Apple today introduced its latest lineup of smartphones, including the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, both of which are equipped with a LiDAR scanner which will bolster AR capabilities. Like the ...

This year’s iPhones will get the same kind of Sony lidar depth camera that Apple put in the 2020 iPad Pro it released in March, a source with knowledge of the company’s plans has told Fast Company.