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, ...

Lidar sensors used to cost $75,000. Now they come in phones costing almost 99% less. And that massive change is unlocking major new capabilities in the world of 3D modeling, 3D assets, augmented ...

A major new feature in this fall’s iPhone 12 is rumored to be a LiDAR scanner. A concept artist created a series of images showing what this change might look like. This scanner would enable the next ...

Users of iPhone 12 and later may have noticed the black dot near the lens. This is the LiDAR sensor that emits lasers and is ...

Apple is betting a big chunk of its future on augmented reality (AR), but if the company wants to realize those dreams, it is essential its most popular product steps up. Now new leaks claim the ...

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 ...

Today a datamined app file for the latest version of Pokemon GO showed imagery of a near-future feature. With one image (and some code clues from the code) we can see that Pokemon GO may have, and ...

Apple didn’t say a word about augmented and virtual reality at the WWDC 2022 opening keynote (as if it was trying to hide something), but iOS 16 brings a lot of improvements when it comes to ARKit and ...